Neighbour Principle

Famous quotes containing the words neighbour and/or principle:

“With close-lipp’d Patience for our only friend,
Sad Patience, too near neighbour to Despair.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

“Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.”
—Edward Hoagland (b. 1932)