Famous quotes containing the word undertake:
“If you can’t distinguish people from lap-dogs, you shouldn’t undertake philanthropic work.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)