Brothers Wet Whisker

Famous quotes containing the words brothers, wet and/or whisker:

    “Even brothers should keep careful accounts.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “The woods were as fresh and full of vegetable life as a lichen in wet weather, and contained many interesting plants; but unless they are of white pine, they are treated with as little respect here as a mildew, and in the other case they are only the more quickly cut down.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The hapless Nymph with wonder saw:
    A whisker first and then a claw,
    With many an ardent wish,
    She stretch’d in vain to reach the prize.
    What female heart can gold despise?
    What Cat’s averse to fish?”
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)