Famous quotes containing the words seat, net and/or gain:
“We imagine much more appropriately an artisan on his toilet seat or on his wife than a great president, venerable by his demeanor and his ability. It seems to us that they do not stoop from their lofty thrones even to live.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
“You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.”
—Aeschylus (525456 B.C.)
“Masculinity is not something given to you, but something you gain. And you gain it by winning small battles with honor.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
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