Famous quotes containing the word robs:
“The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief;
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“It can be fairly argued that the highest priority for mankind is to save itself from extinction. However, it can also be argued that a society that neglects its children and robs them of their human potential can extinguish itself without an external enemy.”
—Selma Fraiberg (20th century)