Bird Base

Famous quotes containing the words bird and/or base:

“And the one bird singing alone to his nest,
And the one star over the tower.
I thought of our little quarrels and strife,
And the letter that brought me back my ring;
And it all seem’d then, in the waste of life,”
—“Owen” “Meredith” (1831–1891)

“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)