Famous quotes containing the word robs:
“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief;
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“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)