Famous quotes containing the words reverse, edge and/or hit:
“We came home from the ridotto so late, or rather so early, that it was not possible for me to write. Indeed we did not go ... till past eleven oclock: but nobody does. A terrible reverse of the order of nature! We sleep with the sun, and wake with the moon.”
—Frances Burney (17521840)
“They will tell me I talk about things I have never experienced but only dreamedto which I might reply: it is a lovely thing to dream such dreams! And besides, our dreams are much more our experiences than we believewe must relearn about dreams! If I have dreamed thousands of times about flyingwould you not believe that when I am awake I also possess feelings and needs giving me an edge on most peopleand...”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.”
—Miguel De Cervantes (15471616)