Famous quotes containing the words maximum and/or dissipation:
“Only at his maximum does an individual surpass all his derivative elements, and become purely himself. And most people never get there. In his own pure individuality a man surpasses his father and mother, and is utterly unknown to them.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.”
—Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)