Crown Wheel Gear

Famous quotes containing the words crown, wheel and/or gear:

    Give me simplicity, that I may live,
    So live and like, that I may know Thy ways,
    Know them and practise them: then shall I give
    For this poor wreath, give Thee a crown of praise.
    George Herbert (1593–1633)

    A wheel that can be turned though nothing else moves with it, is not a part of the mechanism.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    But Lord, remember me and mine
    Wi’ mercies temporal and divine!
    That I for grace and gear may shine,
    Excelled by nane!
    And a’ the glory shall be thine!
    Amen! Amen!
    Robert Burns (1759–1796)