Famous quotes containing the word receive:
“This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
MEvery nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.”
—Unknown. Lyke-Wake Dirge, The (l. 33–36)
“God gave man a mouth to receive bread, hands to feed it, and his hand has a right to carry bread to his mouth without controversy.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“... till women are more rationally educated, the progress of human virtue and improvement in knowledge must receive continual checks.”
—Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)