Famous quotes containing the words small and/or quantum:
“‘Or like small gnats and flies, as thick as mist
On evening marches, thronged about the brow
Of lawyers, statesmen, priest and theorist;—”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“The receipt to make a speaker, and an applauded one too, is short and easy.—Take of common sense quantum sufficit, add a little application to the rules and orders of the House, throw obvious thoughts in a new light, and make up the whole with a large quantity of purity, correctness, and elegancy of style.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)