Nearest

Famous quotes containing the word nearest:

“Why, Harry, do I tell thee of my foes,
Which art my nearest and dearest enemy?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Scratching is one of nature’s sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)