Famous quotes containing the words tone and/or arm:
“It makes me hate accepting things that are probable when they are held up before me as infallibly true. I prefer these words which tone down and modify the hastiness of our propositions: “Perhaps, In some sort, Some, They say, I think,” and the like.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“Your arm is unvanquished, but not invincible.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)