Famous quotes containing the words simple and/or left:
“At present the globe goes with a shattered constitution in its orbit.... No doubt the simple powers of nature, properly directed by man, would make it healthy and a paradise; as the laws of mans own constitution but wait to be obeyed, to restore him to health and happiness.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“Where has it gone, the lifetime?
Search me. Whats left is drear.
Unchilded and unwifed, Im
Able to view that clear:
So final. And so near.”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
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