Famous quotes containing the words severe and/or acute:
“One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Strictly speaking, there is but one real evil: I mean acute pain. All other complaints are so considerably diminished by time that it is plain the grief is owing to our passion, since the sensation of it vanishes when that is over.”
—Mary Wortley, Lady Montagu (1689–1762)