Portion

Famous quotes containing the word portion:

“This made you first to know the Why
You liked, then after to apply
That liking; and approach so one the tother,
Till either grew a portion of the other;
Each styled by his end,
The copy of his friend.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

“That best portion of a good man’s life;
His little, nameless, unremembered acts
Of kindness and of love.”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

“A certain portion of the human race
Has certainly a taste for being diddled.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)