Famous quotes containing the words comet and/or assay:
“By being seldom seen, I could not stir
But like a comet I was wondered at.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The lyf so short, the craft so longe to lerne,
Th’ assay so hard, so sharp the conquerynge,
The dredful joye, alwey that slit so yerne;
Al this mene I be love.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)