Famous quotes containing the words seed, advance and/or outright:
“He who eats the fruit should at least plant the seed; ay, if possible, a better seed than that whose fruit he has enjoyed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, and few writers of the best books.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“I have pushed virtue to outright brutality.”
—Jean Racine (16391699)