Dire Straits Mark

Famous quotes containing the words dire, straits and/or mark:

    What dire offence from am’rous causes springs,
    What mighty contests rise from trivial things,
    I sing—
    Alexander Pope (1688–1744)

    Yes! in sea of life enisled,
    With echoing straits between us thrown,
    Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
    We mortal millions live alone.
    Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.
    Bible: New Testament, Mark 12:44.

    Jesus watching the widow contribute her two mites.