Land Compensation

Famous quotes containing the words land and/or compensation:

“O land of manure and mist, of dirty, cold rain.”
—Petrus Augustus De Genestet (1829–1861)

“Senators and presidents have climbed so high with pain enough, not because they think the place specially agreeable, but as an apology for real worth, and to vindicate their manhood in our eyes. This conspicuous chair is their compensation to themselves for being of a poor, cold, hard nature.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)