Long Cut Natural

Famous quotes containing the words long, cut and/or natural:

    Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
    Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 5:5.

    The third of the Beatitudes, from the Sermon on the Mount. The words recall those in Proverbs 37:11, “But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.” In his Notebooks, the author Samuel Butler wrote, “I really do not see much use in exalting the humble and meek; they do not remain humble and meek long when they are exalted.” (Samuel Butler’s Notebooks, p. 220, 1951)

    The whole cut impressed me as if it were a cave with its stalactites laid open to the light.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
    Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)