Doctrine Stare

Famous quotes containing the words doctrine and/or stare:

“Hume’s doctrine was that the circumstances vary, the amount of happiness does not; that the beggar cracking fleas in the sunshine under a hedge, and the duke rolling by in his chariot; the girl equipped for her first ball, and the orator returning triumphant from the debate, had different means, but the same quantity of pleasant excitement.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“O plunge your hands in water, Plunge them in up to the wrist;
Stare, stare in the basin And wonder what you’ve missed.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)