Famous quotes containing the words missing and/or limb:
“Franklin,—Washington,—they were left off without dying; they were merely missing one day.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“We need not fear excessive influence. A more generous trust is permitted. Serve the great. Stick at no humiliation. Grudge no office thou canst render. Be the limb of their body, the breath of their mouth. Compromise thy egotism.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)