Famous quotes containing the word earthly:
“The earthly paradise is where I am.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)
“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, nor is it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
““Put the chair upon the grass:
Bring Rody and his hounds,
That I may contented pass
From these earthly bounds.””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)