Famous quotes containing the words earth, defense and/or fleet:
“It snowed in spring on earth so dry and warm
The flakes could find no landing place to form.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)
“They ... fleet the time carelessly, as they did in the golden world.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)