Famous quotes containing the words severely, sight and/or impaired:
“The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“If you would keep your soul
From spotted sight or sound,
Live like the velvet mole;
Go burrow underground.”
—Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)
“The dignity of his office is never impaired by the absence of efforts on his part to maintain it.”
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)