Strong Ties

Famous quotes containing the words strong and/or ties:

“Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)

“The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in general it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case of a trade or profession.”
—Primo Levi (1919–1987)