Famous quotes containing the words greater, polish and/or lands:
“The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)
“Use the stones of another hill to polish your own jade.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Oh, never this whelming east wind swells
But it seems like the sea’s return
To the ancient lands where it left the shells
Before the age of the fern....”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)