Famous quotes containing the words est and/or assembly:
“To be is to be perceived [Esse est percipi].”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)
“There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)