Famous quotes containing the words single and/or species:
“The wood for a temple does not come from a single tree.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The further our civilization advances upon its present lines so much the cheaper sort of thing does “fame” become, especially of the literary sort. This species of “fame” a waggish acquaintance says can be manufactured to order, and sometimes is so manufactured.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)