Famous quotes containing the words shaped, cutting and/or edge:
“To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost—that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization—is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
“The cutting of heads is become so much a la mode, that one is apt to feel of a morning whether their own is on their shoulders.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,”
—Edward Lear (1812–1888)