One

Famous quotes containing the word one:

“Give me your hands all over, one by one.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“It may be said that the elegant Swann’s simplicity was but another, more refined form of vanity and that, like other Israelites, my parents’ old friend could present, one by one, the succession of states through which had passed his race, from the most naive snobbishness to the worst coarseness to the finest politeness.”
—Marcel Proust (1871–1922)

“I gambled on having the strength to live two lives, one for myself and one for the world.”
—Ruth Benedict (1887–1948)