Famous quotes containing the words knot and/or spans:
“O time, thou must untangle this, not I.
It is too hard a knot for me t’untie.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“This is my playes last scene, here heavens appoint
My pilgrimages last mile; and my race
Idly, yet quickly runne, hath this last pace,
My spans last inch, my minutes last point,
And gluttonous death, will instantly unjoynt
My body, and soule, and I shall sleepe a space,”
—John Donne (1572–1631)