Famous quotes containing the words middle and/or earth:
“However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.”
—Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt (1767–1835)
“We seem to think that the earth must go through the ordeal of sheep-pasturage before it is habitable by man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)