Famous quotes containing the words left, hand and/or point:
“Thus was my first years life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar to it. I finally left Walden September 6th, 1847.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (15471616)
“It is sometimes a point of as much cleverness to know to make good use of advice from others as to be able give good advice to oneself.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (16131680)
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