Famous quotes containing the words coarse, salt and/or company:
“For one that comes with a pencil to sketch or sing, a thousand come with an axe or rifle. What a coarse and imperfect use Indians and hunters make of nature! No wonder that their race is so soon exterminated.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“All the sea-gods are dead.
You, Venus, come home
To your salt maidenhead....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)