Famous quotes containing the words passed and/or safely:
“Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“A well-proportioned mind is one which shows no particular bias; one of which we may safely say that it will never cause its owner to be confined as a madman, tortured as a heretic, or crucified as a blasphemer. Also, on the other hand, that it will never cause him to be applauded as a prophet, revered as a priest, or exalted as a king. Its usual blessings are happiness and mediocrity.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)