Famous quotes containing the words set and/or amount:
“The dreariest spot in all the land
To Death they set apart;
With scanty grace from Natures hand,
And none from that of Art.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892)
“Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, and moral courage which it contained.”
—John Stuart Mill (18061873)