Famous quotes containing the words general and/or purpose:
“Never alone
Did the King sigh, but with a general groan.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Along the journey we commonly forget its goal. Almost every vocation is chosen and entered upon as a means to a purpose but is ultimately continued as a final purpose in itself. Forgetting our objectives is the most frequent stupidity in which we indulge ourselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)