Famous quotes containing the words true and/or flies:
“The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.”
—Humphry, Sir Davy (1778–1829)
“As flies to wanton boys, are we to th’ gods;
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)