Famous quotes containing the words measure, soft and/or power:
“One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A mans hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.”
—Ezra Pound (18851972)
“A good soft pillow for that good white head
Were better than a churlish turf of France.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Here far from the city we make our roadside stand
And ask for some city money to feel in hand
To try if it will not make our being expand,
And give us the life of the moving-pictures promise
That the party in power is said to be keeping from us.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)
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