Points Penalty Meant

Famous quotes containing the words points, penalty and/or meant:

    “Type of the wise, who soar, but never roam—
    True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home!”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

    “The penalty may be removed, the crime is eternal.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    “Whate’er she meant by it, bury it with me,
    For since I am
    Love’s martyr, it might breed idolatry,
    If into others’ hands these Reliques came;
    As ‘twas humility
    To afford to it all that a Soul can do,
    So, ‘tis some bravery,
    That since you would save none of me, I bury some of you.”
    —John Donne (1572–1631)