Stands

Famous quotes containing the word stands:

“If the subject’s easy we may all be wise;
What stands unfirm, the smallest force overthrows.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

“White in the moon the long road lies,
The moon stands blank above;
White in the moon the long road lies
That leads me from my love.”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)

“There is in fact no such thing as art for art’s sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)