Oil/basis

Famous quotes containing the words oil and/or basis:

    “No skilled hands
    caress a stranger’s flesh with lucid oil before
    a word is spoken
    no feasting
    before a tale is told, before
    the stranger tells his name.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “Association with women is the basis of good manners.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)