Famous quotes containing the words light, air and/or defence:
“Think what a mean and wretched place this world is; that half the time we have to light a lamp that we may see to live in it. This is half our life. Who would undertake the enterprise if it were all?”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Our air up here is good for the diseaseI mean good against the disease,... but it is also good for the disease.”
—Thomas Mann (18751955)
“There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.”
—E.V. (Edward Verrall)
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