Common Carriers

Famous quotes containing the words common and/or carriers:

    “This fond reiteration of the oldest expressions of truth by the latest posterity, content with slightly and religiously retouching the old material, is the most impressive proof of a common humanity.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Nature, doubtless, has some compelling cause
    To glut the carriers of her epidemics—
    Nor did the peach complain.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)