Famous quotes containing the words long and/or acre:
“For a long time I was reporter to a journal, of no very wide circulation, whose editor has never yet seen fit to print the bulk of my contributions, and, as is too common with writers, I got only my labor for my pains. However, in this case my pains were their own reward.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“And every acre good enough to eat,
As fine as flour put through a bakers sieve.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)