Distant Object

Famous quotes containing the words distant and/or object:

“A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation—a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)