Famous quotes containing the word corner:
“And with the corner of a Creed,
The more shall be your meed.”
—John Skelton (1460?–1529)
“People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible day’s work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortably—why, then I don’t think I deserve any reward for my hard day’s work—for am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience torpid through virtuous inaction are more to me than corner lots and praise.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)