Famous quotes containing the words fence and/or height:
“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)
“Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us,—the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man’s stature as to his happiness.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)