Famous quotes containing the words maximum, oyster and/or fare:
“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)
“I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)
“Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)