Famous quotes containing the words meaner and/or books:
“this scythe that mows down kings
Exempts no meaner mortal things.”
—Francis Beaumont (1584-1616)
“The study of tools as well as of books should have a place in the public schools. Tools, machinery, and the implements of the farm should be made familiar to every boy, and suitable industrial education should be furnished for every girl.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)