Widely

Famous quotes containing the word widely:

“It is widely held that too much wine will dull a man’s desire. Indeed it will—in a dull man.”
—John Osborne (1929–1994)

“While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [the territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)