Famous quotes containing the words distance and/or record:
“One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The first thing which I can record concerning myself is, that I was born.... These are wonderful words. This life, to which neither time nor eternity can bring diminution—this everlasting living soul, began. My mind loses itself in these depths.”
—Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897)