Famous quotes containing the words ben and/or meir:
“When long ago I saw her ride
Under Ben Bulben to the meet,
The beauty of her country-side
With all youth’s lonely wildness stirred,
She seemed to have grown clean and sweet
Like any rock-bred, sea-borne bird....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.”
—Golda Meir (1898–1978)