Famous quotes containing the words thick, ascending and/or limb:
“The trees persist, yeasty and sensuous,
as thick as saints.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)
“To do good is like ascending a mountain; to do evil as easy as following an avalanche.”
—Chinese proverb.
“should some limb of the devil
Destroy the view by cutting down an ash
That shades the road, or setting up a cottage
Planned in a government office, shorten his life,
Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)