Cease

Famous quotes containing the word cease:

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

    “In honored poverty thy voice did weave
    Songs consecrate to truth and liberty;—
    Deserting these, thou leavest me to grieve,
    Thus having been, that thou shouldst cease to be.”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “Researchers, with science as their authority, will be able to cut [animals] up, alive, into small pieces, drop them from a great height to see if they are shattered by the fall, or deprive them of sleep for sixteen days and nights continuously for the purposes of an iniquitous monograph.... “Animal trust, undeserved faith, when at last will you turn away from us? Shall we never tire of deceiving, betraying, tormenting animals before they cease to trust us?””
    —Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)