Extremely Large Numbers

Famous quotes containing the words extremely, large and/or numbers:

“Is this not true—That in proportion to the value of their estates the extremely wealthy pay far less taxes than those of moderate means? Compare the amount paid by millionaires with the amount paid by ordinary citizens. I believe that in proportion to their estates they pay less than half as much as ordinary citizens, whereas they ought to pay more.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“If I’m not so large as you,
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“And when all bodies meet
In Lethe to be drowned,
Then only numbers sweet
With endless life are crowned.”
—Robert Herrick (1591–1674)