Basic Seat

Famous quotes containing the words basic and/or seat:

“It is easier to move rivers and mountains than to change a person’s basic nature.”
—Chinese proverb.

“We imagine much more appropriately an artisan on his toilet seat or on his wife than a great president, venerable by his demeanor and his ability. It seems to us that they do not stoop from their lofty thrones even to live.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)