Famous quotes containing the words based, life and/or forms:
“Tempered, gradual animation, the methodical restrain of sensations and energies, the equilibrium of sickness and health in each creaturethis is natures essence, its immutable law, this is what its based on and what it adheres to.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (18181883)
“And Manuel embraced his mother and they laughed together: Déliras laugh sounded surprisingly young; that was because she hadnt really had the chance to make it heard; life was just not happy enough for that. No, she never had time to use it; she had kept it fresh as can be, like a birdsong in an old nest.”
—Jacques Roumain (19071945)
“Year chases year, decay pursues decay,
Still drops some joy from withring life away;
New forms arise, and diffrent views engage,”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)