Famous quotes containing the words gnaw and/or bone:
“Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think.”
—Humphry, Sir Davy (17781829)