Stern Timbers

Famous quotes containing the words stern and/or timbers:

    “It was her stern necessity: all things
    Are of one pattern made; bird, beast, and flower,
    Deceive us, seeming to be many things,
    And are but one. Beheld far off, they differ
    As God and devil; bring them to the mind,
    They dull its edge with their monotony.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timbers will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.”
    —Chinese proverb.