Strain

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 (1809–1892)

    “You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel!”
    —Bible: New Testament, Matthew 23:24.