Compact Set Attains

Famous quotes containing the words compact, set and/or attains:

    ... in a history of spiritual rupture, a social compact built on fantasy and collective secrets, poetry becomes more necessary than ever: it keeps the underground aquifers flowing; it is the liquid voice that can wear through stone.
    Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)

    Never so rich a gem
    Was set in worse than gold.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    He who attains his ideal, thereby also transcends it
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)