Famous quotes containing the words pile, bay and/or road:
“Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.”
—Jean Cocteau (18891963)
“Shall we now
Contaminate our fingers with base bribes,
And sell the mighty space of our large honors
For so much trash as may be grasped thus?
I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
Than such a Roman.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.”
—Sophocles (497406/5 B.C.)
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