Proper Distance

Famous quotes containing the words proper and/or distance:

    “But the difficultest go to understand,
    And the difficultest job a man can do,
    Is to come it brave and meek with thirty bob a week,
    And feel that that’s the proper thing for you.”
    —John Davidson (1857–1909)

    “From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)