Famous quotes containing the words head and/or size:
“With his head over his shoulder turned,
He seemed to find his way without his eyes,
For out o doors he went without their help,
And to the last bended their light on me.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“In mathematics he was greater
Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater:
For he, by geometric scale,
Could take the size of pots of ale;
Resolve, by sines and tangents straight,
If bread and butter wanted weight;
And wisely tell what hour o th day
The clock doth strike, by algebra.”
—Samuel Butler (16121680)
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