Tail Point Light

Famous quotes containing the words tail, point and/or light:

    “His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes—
    Cats—I believe he did but feign to hate.
    My hand will miss the insinuated nose,
    Mine eyes the tail that wagg’d contempt at Fate.”
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    “Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say “In spite of all!” has the calling for politics.”
    —Max Weber (1864–1920)

    “The night has a thousand eyes,
    And the day but one;
    Yet the light of the bright world dies
    With the dying sun.”
    —Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921)