Improve/improved

Famous quotes containing the words improve and/or improved:

    every day they die
    Among us, those who were doing us some good,
    And knew it was never enough but
    Hoped to improve a little by living.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    Now I thought I would observe how he spent his Sunday. While I and my companion were looking about at the trees and river, he went to sleep. Indeed, he improved every opportunity to get a nap, whatever the day.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)