Measured Relative

Famous quotes containing the words measured and/or relative:

    “Our loss put six feet under ground
    Is measured by the magnolia’s root;
    Our gain’s the intellectual sound
    Of death’s feet round a weedy tomb.”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)

    “It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)