Grown

Famous quotes containing the word grown:

“We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the money-making street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition.”
—William James (1842–1910)

“What a blunt fellow is this grown to be!
He was quick mettle when he went to school.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Men inadvertently comport themselves with nobility when they have grown accustomed to wanting nothing from others and always giving to them.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)