Proper Ideal

Famous quotes containing the words proper and/or ideal:

“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. I can dispense then with artificial stimulants. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)