Nearest

Famous quotes containing the word nearest:

“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)

“Yet do I fear thy nature,
It is too full o’th’ milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest way.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

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