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Famous quotes containing the words build, numbers and/or starting:

    “When we build, let us think that we build for ever.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)

    “The forward Youth that would appear
    Must now forsake his Muses dear,
    Nor in the Shadows sing
    His Numbers languishing.”
    —Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)

    “Down went the owners—greedy men whom hope of gain allured:
    Oh, dry the starting tear, for they were heavily insured.”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)