Proving Ground Command

Famous quotes containing the words proving, ground and/or command:

    “What is
    there in being able
    to say that one has dominated the stream in an attitude of
    self-defense;

    in proving that one has had the experience
    of carrying a stick?”
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    “The thing that made me more and more afraid
    Was that we’d ground it sharp and hadn’t known,
    And now were only wasting precious blade.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “‘Tis not in mortals to command success,
    But we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.”
    —Joseph Addison (1672–1719)