Leaving

Famous quotes containing the word leaving:

“My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity—a good strong figure. But I think it is rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.”
—James Boswell (1740–1795)

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

“Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.”
—James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)