Famous quotes containing the words joint, estimate and/or team:
“Let me approach at least, and touch thy hand.
[Samson:] Not for thy life, lest fierce remembrance wake
My sudden rage to tear thee joint by joint.
At distance I forgive thee, go with that;
Bewail thy falsehood, and the pious works
It hath brought forth to make thee memorable
Among illustrious women, faithful wives:
Cherish thy hast’n’d widowhood with the gold
Of Matrimonial treason: so farewel.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)
“We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Once a word is spoken, a team of four horse cannot retake it.”
—Chinese proverb.
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