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)

“Where be your gibes now, your gambols, your songs, your
flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a
roar?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)