Famous quotes containing the words case, western and/or reserve:
“The circumstances with which every thing in this world is begirt, give every thing in this world its size and shape;and by tightening it, or relaxing it, this way or that, make the thing to be, what it isgreatlittlegoodbadindifferent or not indifferent, just as the case happens.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“O western orb sailing the heaven,
Now I know what you must have meant as a month since I walked,
As I walked in silence the transparent shadowy night,”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)
“Mutual repect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make ones own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (18211881)