Cattle/weight

Famous quotes containing the words cattle and/or weight:

    “He who steals chickens as a child will steal cattle as an adult.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “The merit of those who fill a space in the world’s history, who are borne forward, as it were, by the weight of thousands whom they lead, shed a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)