Quotes About Clew

God gives manhood but one clew to success,--utter and exact justice; that he guarantees shall be always expediency.

The word 'clue' derives from 'clew', meaning a ball of thread or yarn. It had come to mean 'that which points the way' because of the Greek myth in which Theseus uses a ball of yarn, given to him by Ariadne, to find his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth.

So, Ariadne was the babe with the ball of twine and the plan.