Wind Fish

Famous quotes containing the words wind and/or fish:

    Wind feeds the fire, and wind extinguishes:
    The flames are nourished by a gentle breeze,
    Yet, if it stronger grows, they sink and die.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.
    —D.H. (David Herbert)