The Object

Famous quotes containing the word object:

    “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)

    “Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannnot endure it.... Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)