Famous quotes containing the words stroke and/or spark:
“The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.”
—Ecclesiasticus Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 28:17-8.
“The applause and the favour of our fellow-men
Fan even a spark of genius to a flame.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)