Famous quotes containing the words proper and/or purpose:
“The Methodists love your big sinners, as proper subjects to work upon.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“Whoever considers morality the main objective of human existence, seems to me like a person who defines the purpose of a clock as not going wrong. The first objective for a clock, is, however, that it does run; not going wrong is an additional regulative function. If not a watch’s greatest accomplishment were not going wrong, unwound watches might be the best.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)