Sweat Discovered

Famous quotes containing the words sweat and/or discovered:

    “When my face turned toward his,
    I averted it
    and looked at my feet.
    When my ears clamored
    to hear his talk,
    I stopped them.
    When my cheeks broke out
    in sweat and goosebumps,
    I covered them with my hands.
    But Friends,
    when the seams of my bodice
    burst in a hundred places,
    what could I do?”
    —Amaru (c. seventh century A.D.)

    “People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)