Famous quotes containing the words ideas and/or clear:
“I had said to Mrs. Boscawen at table, I believe this is about as much as can be made of life. I was really happy. My gay ideas of London in youth were realized and consolidated.”
—James Boswell (17401795)
“He, who, in view of its inconsistencies, says of human nature the same that, in view of its contrasts, is said of the divine nature, that it is past finding out, thereby evinces a better appreciation of it than he who, by always representing it in a clear light, leaves it to be inferred that he clearly knows all about it.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
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