Proper Function

Famous quotes containing the words proper and/or function:

    “There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)

    ““... The state’s one function is to give.
    The bud must bloom till blowsy blown
    Its petals loosen and are strown;
    And that’s a fate it can’t evade
    Unless ‘twould rather wilt than fade.””
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)