Famous quotes containing the words white, dwarf and/or matter:
“Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew
Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,
Did he not tremble for this lovely frame,
This glorious canopy of light and blue?”
—Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841)
“A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size—take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
“And what’s the bother about sin?
It doesn’t matter so
Whether a woman’s unchaste.
Talk to Trimalchio.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)