Famous quotes containing the words higher and/or precedence:
“A man should have a farm or a mechanical craft for his culture. We must have a basis for our higher accomplishments, our delicate entertainments of poetry and philosophy, in the work of our hands.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)