Degree East Longitude

Famous quotes containing the words degree and/or east:

    “The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    “Though all the East did quake to hear
    Of Alexander’s dreadful name,
    And all the West likewise did fear
    To hear of Julius Caesar’s fame,”
    —Robert Southwell (1561?–1595)