Famous quotes containing the words avoiding and/or walk:
“There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.”
—Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527)
“It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)