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 hell not find so much as a half-wise man or even a third of a wise man among them.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 14661536)
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
—James Baldwin (19241987)
“For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.”
—James Boswell (17401795)