Renounce

Famous quotes containing the word renounce:

“Why should you renounce your right to traverse the star-lit deserts of truth, of the premature comforts of an acre, house, and barn? Truth also has its roof, and bed, and board.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one’s party three times a day.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)

“Men do not believe in the power of education. We do not think we can speak to divine sentiments in man, and we do not try. We renounce all high aims.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)