Famous quotes containing the words elastic and/or demand:
“The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous at last.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The laws of custom make our [returning a visit] necessary. O how I hate this vile custom which obliges us to make slaves of ourselves! to sell the most precious property we boast, our time;and to sacrifice it to every prattling impertinent who chooses to demand it!”
—Frances Burney (17521840)
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