Famous quotes containing the words equal and/or number:
“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced.”
—J.B.S. (John Burdon Sanderson)