Finely Divided Particles

Famous quotes containing the words finely, divided and/or particles:

    “Lo, how finely the Graces can it foote
    To the instrument:
    They dauncen deffly, and singen soote,
    In their meriment.
    Wants not a fourth Grace, to make the daunce even?
    Edmund Spenser (1552?–1599)

    The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.
    Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)

    O my countrymen!—be nice;Mbe cautious of your language;—and never, O! never let it be forgotten upon what small particles your eloquence and your fame depend.
    Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)