“The crow wished everything was black, the Owl, that everything was white.”

“Both read the Bible day and night,But thou read'st black where I read white.”

“Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.”

“The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow”

“If you wish to upset the law that all crows are black, you mustn't seek to show that no crows are; it is enough if you prove one single crow to be white.”

“And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.”

“In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient.”