Admits

Famous quotes containing the word admits:

“Economy is a subject which admits of being treated with levity, but it cannot so be disposed of.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)

“Avarice, the spur of industry, is so obstinate a passion, and works its way through so many real dangers and difficulties, that it is not likely to be scared by an imaginary danger, which is so small that it scarcely admits of calculation.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)