Famous quotes containing the words wild and/or asses:
“We have ... a thirst unquenchable, to allay which he has not shown us the crystal springs. This thirst belongs to the immortality of Man.... It is no mere appreciation of the Beauty before us—but a wild effort to reach the Beauty above.”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
“My title’s sealed. Those that for claps do write,
Let pui’nies, porters’, players’ praise delight,
And, till they burst, their backs like asses load:
A man should seek great glory, and not broad.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)