Closest Capital

Famous quotes containing the words closest and/or capital:

    “The universe is not rough-hewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Had I made capital on my prettiness, I should have closed the doors of public employment to women for many a year, by the very means which now makes them weak, underpaid competitors in the great workshop of the world.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)