Acute Accents

Famous quotes containing the words acute and/or accents:

    “I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “When the lamp is shattered,
    The light in the dust lies dead;
    When the cloud is scattered,
    The rainbow’s glory is shed;
    When the lute is broken,
    Sweet tones are remembered not;
    When the lips have spoken,
    Loved accents are soon forgot.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)