Famous quotes containing the words subject, matter and/or domain:
“In my experience, persons, when they are made the subject of conversation, though with a Friend, are commonly the most prosaic and trivial of facts. The universe seems bankrupt as soon as we begin to discuss the character of individuals. Our discourse all runs to slander, and our limits grow narrower as we advance. How is it that we are impelled to treat our old Friends so ill when we obtain new ones?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In this matter of reforming the world, we have little faith in corporations; not thus was it first formed.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In the domain of art there is no light without heat.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)