Famous quotes containing the words head and/or rubbing:
“Still on Israel’s head forlorn,
Every nation heaps its scorn.”
—Emma Lazarus (1849–1887)
“A true politeness does not result from any hasty and artificial polishing, it is true, but grows naturally in characters of the right grain and quality, through a long fronting of men and events, and rubbing on good and bad fortune.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)