Famous quotes containing the words base and/or text:
“Thou treacherous, base deserter of my flame,
False to my passion, fatal to my fame,
Through what mistaken magic dost thou prove
So true to lewdness, so untrue to love?”
—John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)
“I am so glad you have been able to preserve the text in all of its impurity.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)