Single Hand

Famous quotes containing the words single and/or hand:

“I would strenuously urge a single term of six years.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)

“I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And this event, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment suspended in the air.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)