"On base" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... reached me, O auspicious King, that the sixth Wazir said, "O King, deal deliberately in the matter of thy son; for falsehood is as smoke and fact is built on base which shall not be broken; yea, and the light of sooth dispelleth the night of untruth. Know that the perfidy of women is great, even as saith Allah the Most High in His Holy Book, "Verily, the ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton
... feel by reason and who give by rule, (Instinct's a brute, and sentiment a fool!) Who make poor "will do" wait upon "I should"— We own they're prudent, but who feels they're good? Ye wise ones hence! ye hurt the social eye! God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy! But come ye who the godlike pleasure know, Heaven's attribute distinguished—to bestow! Whose arms of love would grasp the human race: Come thou who giv'st with all a courtier's grace; Friend of my life, true ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns |
