Famous quotes containing the word snatch:
“There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho there can be no happiness without pleasureyet the converse of the proposition will not hold true.We are so made, that from the common gratifications of our appetites, and the impressions of a thousand objects, we snatch the one, like a transient gleam, without being suffered to taste the other.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“Friends dont snatch or act snobby, and they dont argue or disagree. If youre nice to them, theyll be nice to you.”
—Julie, U.S. child, age eight. As quoted in Childrens Friendships&NT,: by Zick Rubin, ch. 3 (1980)
“O you gods!
Why do you make us love your goodly gifts,
And snatch them straight away?”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
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