Famous quotes containing the word corner:
“People think that if a man has undergone any hardship, he should have a reward; but for my part, if I have done the hardest possible days work, and then come to sit down in a corner and eat my supper comfortablywhy, then I dont think I deserve any reward for my hard days workfor am I not now at peace? Is not my supper good?”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
“O curse of marriage,
That we can call these delicate creatures ours
And not their appetites! I had rather be a toad,
And live upon the vapour of a dungeon
Than keep a corner in the thing I love
For others uses.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience torpid through virtuous inaction are more to me than corner lots and praise.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)