Famous quotes containing the words fine and/or mess:
“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Scholars are wont to sell their birthright for a mess of learning.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)