Equivalent Strength

Famous quotes containing the words equivalent and/or strength:

    When the apple is ripe it will fall.
    —Irish proverb.

    An English equivalent to this might be, “To everything there is a season.”

    “You’ll have me over the cliff,” he exclaimed hardly ever yet putting out his strength against her.
    “And so I will, by the help of God. Now think of her! Now think of her!” And as she spoke she pressed him backwards towards his fall.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)