Strain Due Applied

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

    That strain again, it had a dying fall;
    O, it came o’er my ear like the sweet sound
    That breathes upon a bank of violets,
    Stealing and giving odor. Enough, no more,
    ‘Tis not so sweet now as it was before.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercised in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

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