Famous quotes containing the words grip and/or wax:
“You are the brave who do not break
In the grip of the mob when the blow comes straight
To the shattered bone;”
—Raymond R. Patterson (b. 1929)
“We too had many pretty toys when young;
A law indifferent to blame or praise,
To bribe or threat; habits that made old wrong
Melt down, as it were wax in the suns rays;
Public opinion ripening for so long
We thought it would outlive all future days.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
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