Feathers Cut

Famous quotes containing the words feathers and/or cut:

“Too many feathers can sink a boat, and too many knick-knacks can break an axle.”
—Chinese proverb.

“And if the stage-dark head rehearse
The fifth act of the closing night,
Why, cut it off, piece after piece,
And throw the tough cortex away....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)