Famous quotes containing the word fine:
“The pest of society is egotists. There are dull and bright, sacred and profane, coarse and fine egotists. Tis a disease that, like influenza, falls on all constitutions.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)
“It is fine for a woman to know a lot; but I dont want her to have this shocking desire to be learned for learnedness sake. When I ask a woman a question, I like her to pretend to ignore what she really knows.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (16221673)
“To stand on common ground
here and there gritty with pebbles
yet elsewhere fine and mellow
uncommon fine for ploughing
there to labor
planting the vegetable words”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
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