Famous quotes containing the words blasts and/or occurred:
“They that stand high have many blasts to shake them,
And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“My note to you I certainly did not expect to see in print; yet I have not been much shocked by the newspaper comments upon it. Those comments constitute a fair specimen of what has occurred to me through life. I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)