Famous quotes containing the word undertake:
“There is nothing namable but that some men will, or undertake to, do it for pay.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“I could not undertake to form a nucleus of an institution for the development of infant minds, where none already existed. It would be too cruel.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)