Compound Nouns

Famous quotes containing the words compound and/or nouns:

    “Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is withholden, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a double, treble or centuple use and meaning.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)