Famous quotes containing the words option and/or poor:
“Our passional nature not only lawfully may, but must, decide an option between propositions, whenever it is a genuine option that cannot by its nature be decided on intellectual grounds; for to say, under such circumstances, “Do not decide, but leave the question open,” is itself a passional decision—just like deciding yes or no—and is attended with the same risk of losing the truth.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe,
That found’st me poor at first, and keep’st me so.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)