Famous quotes containing the words breach and/or border:
“But to my mind, though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom
More honored in the breach than the observance.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I have, indeed, even omitted facts, which, on account of their singularity, must in the eyes of some have appeared to border on the marvelous. But in the forests of South America such extraordinary realities are to be found, that there is assuredly no need to have recourse to fiction or the least exaggeration.”
—J.G. (John Gabriel)