Famous quotes containing the words test, public and/or void:
“A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.”
—Edmund Burke (17291797)
“Some say existence like a Pirouot
And Pirouette, forever in one place,
Stands still and dances, but it runs away;
It seriously, sadly, runs away
To fill the abysss void with emptiness.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)