Famous quotes containing the words means and/or place:
“True bravery means doing alone that which one could do if all the world were by.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“Tried by a New England eye, or the more practical wisdom of modern times, they are the oracles of a race already in its dotage; but held up to the sky, which is the only impartial and incorruptible ordeal, they are of a piece with its depth and serenity, and I am assured that they will have a place and significance as long as there is a sky to test them by.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)