Famous quotes containing the words fat and/or loss:
“Our hands are full of business, let’s away,
Advantage feeds him fat while men delay.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I could lecture on dry oak leaves; I could, but who would hear me? If I were to try it on any large audience, I fear it would be no gain to them, and a positive loss to me. I should have behaved rudely toward my rustling friends.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)