Tide Height Limit

Famous quotes containing the words tide, height and/or limit:

    “The ordinary night was graced
    For them by the swift tide of blood
    That silently they took at flood,
    And for a little time they prized
    Themselves emparadised.”
    —Howard Nemerov (b. 1920)

    “The lotus’ stem is as long as the depth of water,
    So men’s height is just as great as their inner strength.”
    —Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)

    “Greatness collapses of itself: such limit the gods have set to the growth of prosperous states.”
    —Marcus Annaeus Lucan (39–65)