Extent

Famous quotes containing the word extent:

“To some extent I liken slavery to death.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)

“To the extent to which genius can be conjoined with a merely good human being, Haydn possessed genius. He never exceeds the limits that morality sets for the intellect; he only composes music which has “no past.””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“He who receives an injury is to some extent an accomplice of the wrong-doer.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)