Famous quotes containing the words replace, elevated and/or portion:
“It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.”
—Alice Meynell (1847–1922)
“One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.”
—Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846)
“As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain circumspection and distrust, so there are qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)