Life Underwriters

Famous quotes containing the words life and/or underwriters:

    “—No, no thou hast not felt the lapse of hours!
    For what wears out the life of mortal men?
    ‘Tis that from change to change their being rolls;
    ‘Tis that repeated shocks, again, again,
    Exhaust the energy of strongest souls
    And numb the elastic powers.”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “There are more consequences to a shipwreck than the underwriters notice.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)