Leaving

Famous quotes containing the word leaving:

“Manners aim to facilitate life, to get rid of impediments, and bring the man pure to energize. They aid our dealing and conversation, as a railway aids travelling, by getting rid of all avoidable obstructions of the road, and leaving nothing to be conquered but pure space.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“I steer my bark with Hope in the head, leaving Fear astern.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven.”
—Henry Fielding (1707–1754)