Consists

Famous quotes containing the word consists:

“Tact in audacity consists in knowing how far we may go too far.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

“Each reaching and aspiration is an instinct with which all nature consists and cöoperates, and therefore it is not in vain. But alas! each relaxing and desperation is an instinct too. To be active, well, happy, implies courage. To be ready to fight in a duel or a battle implies desperation, or that you hold your life cheap.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.”
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)