Cease

Famous quotes containing the word cease:

“... even I am growing accustomed to slavery; so much so that I cease to think of its accursed influence and calmly eat from the hands of the bondman without being mindful that he is such. O, Slavery, hateful thing that thou art thus to blunt the keen edge of conscience!”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1907)

“And some cease feeling
Even themselves or for themselves.
Dullness best solves
The tease and doubt of shelling,”
—Wilfred Owen (1893–1918)

“I pray thee, cease thy counsel,
Which falls into mine ears as profitless
As water in a sieve.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)