Mere

Famous quotes containing the word mere:

“The art of watching has become mere skill at rapid apperception and understanding of continuously changing visual images. The younger generation has acquired this cinematic perception to an amazing degree.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)

“Think of our little eggshell of a canoe tossing across that great lake, a mere black speck to the eagle soaring above it!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Heigh-ho, sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly,
Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)