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)

    “It was the custom
    For his rage against chaos
    To abate on the way to church,
    In regulations of his spirit.
    How good life is, on the basis of propriety,
    To be followed by a platter of capon!”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)