Common Benefit Clause

Famous quotes containing the words common, benefit and/or clause:

    “Thy fate is the common fate of all;
    Into each life some rain must fall.”
    —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)

    “There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Long ago I added to the true old adage of “What is everybody’s business is nobody’s business,” another clause which, I think, more than any other principle has served to influence my actions in life. That is, What is nobody’s business is my business.”
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)