Wick/people

Famous quotes containing the words wick and/or people:

    “There lives within the very flame of love
    A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)