Famous quotes containing the words degree and/or offered:
“Wonderful Force of Public Opinion! We must act and walk in all points as it prescribes; follow the traffic it bids us, realise the sum of money, the degree of influence it expects of us, or we shall be lightly esteemed; certain mouthfuls of articulate wind will be blown at us, and this what mortal courage can front?”
—Thomas Carlyle (17951881)
“And offered her a home to rest awhile
Before she went the poor mans widows way,
Housekeeping for the next man out of wedlock.”
—Robert Frost (18741963)