Maximum Oyster Fare

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 do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife.
    Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)

    No one can fare well for a thousand days, as no flower stays red for a hundred.
    Chinese proverb.