Famous quotes containing the words upper and/or tail:
“If the upper beams are not straight, the lower beams will be crooked.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Dizzily down the abyss he wheels—
So fell Darius. Upon his crown,
In the midst of the barn-yard he came down,
In a wonderful whirl of tangled strings,
Broken braces and broken springs,
Broken tail and broken wings,”
—John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916)