Famous quotes containing the words reference and/or meridian:
“In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the commonwealth, and not by their mediocrity, nor by their being commended. For several men praise several customs, and, contrarily, what one calls vice, another calls virtue, as their present affections lead them.”
—Thomas Hobbes (15791688)
“to these
Hale dead and deathless do the women of the hill
Love for ever meridian through the courters trees
And the daughters of darkness flame like Fawkes fires still.”
—Dylan Thomas (19141953)
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