The Object

Famous quotes containing the word object:

    “Our systems, perhaps, are nothing more than an unconscious apology for our faults—a gigantic scaffolding whose object is to hide from us our favorite sin.”
    —Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)

    “My object all sublime
    I shall achieve in time—
    To let the punishment fit the crime—
    The punishment fit the crime;”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)