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)
“We receive the truths of science by compulsion. Nothing but ignorance is able to resist them.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)
“To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.”
—G.C. (Georg Christoph)