Famous quotes containing the words mark, dire and/or straits:
“To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)
“Speak, then, my Beauty, to this dire putrescence,
To the worm that shall kiss your proud estate,
That I have kept the divine form and the essence
Of my festered loves inviolate!”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Yes! in sea of life enisled,
With echoing straits between us thrown,
Dotting the shoreless watery wild,
We mortal millions live alone.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)