Chief Iron Tail

Famous quotes containing the words chief, iron and/or tail:

“When we do not know the truth of a thing, it is of advantage that there should exist a common error which determines the mind of man.... For the chief malady of man is restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“And now he comes again with clatter of stone,
And mounts the wall again with whited eyes
And all his tail that isn’t hair up straight.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)