Famous quotes containing the words left and/or measure:
“In luck or out the toil has left its mark:
That old perplexity an empty purse,
Or the day’s vanity, the night’s remorse.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“I measure myself
Against a tall tree.
I find that I am much taller,
For I reach right up to the sun,
With my eye....”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)