Famous quotes containing the words bear, lake and/or area:
“... we can bear with great philosophy the sufferings of others, especially if we do not actually see them.”
—Albion Fellows Bacon (1865–1933)
“His education lay like a film of white oil on the black lake of his barbarian consciousness. For this reason, the things he said were hardly interesting at all. Only what he was.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“... nothing is more human than substituting the quantity of words and actions for their character. But using imprecise words is very similar to using lots of words, for the more imprecise a word is, the greater the area it covers.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)