Obtaining Property

Famous quotes containing the words obtaining and/or property:

“And if the civilized man’s pursuits are no worthier than the savage’s, if he is employed the greater part of his life in obtaining gross necessaries and comforts merely, why should he have a better dwelling than the former?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The second property of your excellent sherris is the warming
of the blood.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)