Closely Allied Species

Famous quotes containing the words closely, allied and/or species:

    “Out of all those centuries the Greeks can count seven sages at the most, and if anyone looks at them more closely I swear he’ll not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.”
    —Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

    “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
    —James Baldwin (1924–1987)

    “The further our civilization advances upon its present lines so much the cheaper sort of thing does “fame” become, especially of the literary sort. This species of “fame” a waggish acquaintance says can be manufactured to order, and sometimes is so manufactured.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)