Famous quotes containing the word strain:
“And but for fancies, which aver
That all thy motions gently pass
Athwart a plane of molten glass,
I scarce could brook the strain and stir”
—Alfred Tennyson (18091892)
“It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it.”
—George Bernard Shaw (18561950)
“You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:24.
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