Lot

Famous quotes containing the word lot:

“Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another’s.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)

“Parents learn a lot from their children about coping with life.”
—Muriel Spark (20th century)

“Perfect happiness I believe was never intended by the deity to be the lot of any one of his creatures in this world; but that he has very much put in our power the nearness of our approaches to it, is what I steadfastly believe.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)