Famous quotes containing the words excess, body and/or weight:
“There is an excess both in happiness and misery above our power of sensation.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
“That sound, everywhere about us, of the sea
the tree among its tresses has always heard it,
and the horse dips his black body in the sound
stretching his neck as if towards drinking water ...”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“Tears at times have the weight of speech.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
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