Pays

Famous quotes containing the word pays:

“A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. A transcendent talent draws so largely on his forces as to lame him; a defect pays him revenues on the other side.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.”
—Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco (1897–1945)

““What are the characteristics of today’s world so that one may recognize it by them?” It pays pensions and borrows money: credit and monuments.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)