Infinite Descending Chains

Famous quotes containing the words infinite, descending and/or chains:

    “For granting we have sinned, and that the offence
    Of man is made against Omnipotence,
    Some price that bears proportion must be paid,
    And infinite with infinite be weighed.”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “The sun of her [Great Britain] glory is fast descending to the horizon. Her philosophy has crossed the Channel, her freedom the Atlantic, and herself seems passing to that awful dissolution, whose issue is not given human foresight to scan.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “While over Alabama earth
    These words are gently spoken:
    Serve—and hate will die unborn.
    Love—and chains are broken.”
    —Langston Hughes (20th century)