Famous quotes containing the words top and/or rope:
“More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:
“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!””
—Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)
“There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)