Famous quotes containing the words authorities and/or claim:
“Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“For that is loves nature that it lays claim to exclusive right and that all other claims are nil.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (17491832)