Receive

Famous quotes containing the word receive:

“When first the college rolls receive his name,
The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame;
Through all his veins the fever of renown
Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Necessity gives the law and does not itself receive it.”
—Publilius Syrus (1st century B.C.)

“His word
is withdrawn,
hieratic,
authentic,
a king’s,
yet all may receive it.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)