Famous quotes containing the words continuous, power and/or dissipation:
“For Lawrence, existence was one continuous convalescence; it was as though he were newly reborn from a mortal illness every day of his life. What these convalescent eyes saw, his most casual speech would reveal.”
—Aldous Huxley (18941963)
“It is a power stronger than will.... Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.”
—Isidore Ducasse, Comte de LautrĂ©amont (18461870)
“Crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.”
—Edward Gibbon (17371794)