Famous quotes containing the words general and/or terms:
“However energetically society in general may strive to make all the citizens equal and alike, the personal pride of each individual will always make him try to escape from the common level, and he will form some inequality somewhere to his own profit.”
—Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)
“For my part, if a lie may do thee grace,
I’ll gild it with the happiest terms I have.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)