Sides

Famous quotes containing the word sides:

“A voice I heard—and near I yede—
In great dolour complaining tho:
‘See, dear soul, my sides bleed,
Quia amore langueo.”
—Unknown. Quia Amore Langueo (l. 5–8)

“Playing alone, I found the wall.
One side was gray, the other an indelible gray.
The two sides were separated by a third,
Or spirit wall, a coarser gray.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“A mountain chain determines many things for the statesman and philosopher. The improvements of civilization rather creep along its sides than cross its summit. How often is it a barrier to prejudice and fanaticism!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)