Famous quotes containing the word lies:
“That is mere sentimentality that lies abed by day and thinks itself white, far from the tan and callus of experience.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Here lies the preacher, judge, and poet, Peter
Who broke the laws of God, and man and metre.”
—Francis Jeffrey (1773–1850)
“The virtue of art lies in detachment, in sequestering one object from the embarrassing variety. Until one thing comes out from the connection of things, there can be enjoyment, contemplation, but no thought.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)