Famous quotes containing the words finite and/or strain:
“Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left for the others.”
—Elizabeth Fishel (20th century)
“She, too, would now swim down the river of matrimony with a beautiful name, and a handle to it, as the owner of a fine family property. Womens rights was an excellent doctrine to preach, but for practice could not stand the strain of such temptation.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
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