Single Whip

Famous quotes containing the words single and/or whip:

“Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through.”
—Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926)

“A gentleman’s word is like a touch of a whip to a racehorse.”
—Chinese proverb.