Strain Due Applied

Famous quotes containing the words strain, due and/or applied:

    “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)

    “Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    ““The worst reporter, even for his age, in New York,” was the affectionate epithet applied to me.”
    —Robert Benchley (1889–1945)