Oil/basis

Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or basis:

“I bade, because the wick and oil are spent
And frozen are the channels of the blood....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)