Famous quotes containing the words public and/or assistance:
“D--n me, stranger, ef you cant stay as long as you please, and Ill give you plenty to eat and drink. Play away, stranger, you kin sleep on the dry spot tonight!”
—Administration in the State of Arka, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“At a certain age, we have already been struck by love; it no longer develops alone, according to its own mysteries and fateful laws while our hearts stand by startled and passive. We come to its assistance ... Recognizing one of its symptoms, we recall, we bring back to life the others. Since we possess its song engraved in its totality within us, we do not need for a woman to tell us the beginningfilled with admiration inspired by beautyto find the continuation.”
—Marcel Proust (18711922)