Break

Famous quotes containing the word break:

“In our own presence, we all pretend to be simpler than we are: thus we take a break from our fellow human beings.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.”
—John McCrae (1872–1918)

“The greatest blunders, like the thickest ropes, are often compounded of a multitude of strands. Take the rope apart, separate it into the small threads that compose it, and you can break them one by one. You think, “That is all there was!” But twist them all together and you have something tremendous.”
—Victor Hugo (1802–1885)