Doctrine Stare

Famous quotes containing the words doctrine and/or stare:

“Hume’s doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot; the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“For a clever eye, one glance is enough, while a dunce may stare all day long.”
—Chinese proverb.