Lesser

Famous quotes containing the word lesser:

    “Midnight has come and the great Christ Church bell
    And many a lesser bell sound through the room;
    And it is All Souls’ Night.
    And two long glasses brimmed with muscatel
    Bubble upon the table. A ghost may come;
    For it is a ghost’s right....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “We have advanced by leaps to the Pacific, and left many a lesser Oregon and California unexplored behind us.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “I think there’s never a man in Christendom
    Can lesser hide his love or hate than he,
    For by his face straight shall you know his heart.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)