Rival

Famous quotes containing the word rival:

“O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October’s bright blue weather.”
—Helen Hunt Jackson (1830–1885)

“I think I noticed once
T’was morning one sole street-lamp still bright-lit,
Which, with a senile grin, like an old dunce,
Vied the blue sky, and tried to rival it....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“Be sure he has a rival in thy love,
For without contest love shall not endure.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)