Infinite Formal Sum

Famous quotes containing the words infinite, formal and/or sum:

    And universal Nature, through her vast
    And crowded whole, an infinite paroquet,
    Repeats one note.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for discourse.
    Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    Lest darkness fall and time fall
    In a long night when learned arteries
    Mounting the ice and sum of barbarous time
    Shall yield, without essence, perfect accident.
    We are the eyelids of defeated caves.
    Allen Tate (1899–1979)