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Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust. — Mahatma Gandhi

Ten million years will not put a strain on the clock of eternity. — Leonard Ravenhill

Affluence, unless stimulated by a keen imagination, forms but the vaguest notion of the practical strain of poverty. — Edith Wharton

Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the comfort o'er again. — Joseph Addison

There's a thread that binds all of us together; pull one end of the thread, the strain is felt all down the line. — Rosamond Marshall

Does the terror threat we're facing grow out of a perversion of Islam, or does it represent and extreme, but durable, strain of the religion. — Chuck Todd

The breakfast was rather silent, but not with strain. — John D. MacDonald

Yell to be heard and no one will listen, speak in whispers and all will strain to hear. — Marina

The pepper is beginning to show signs of strain, and tonight should grace a salad. It has been suggested that I am a cannibal to eat my models. — Edward Weston

What breaks capitalism, all that will ever break capitalism, is capitalists. The faster they run the more strain on their heart. — Raymond Williams

Of its persistent, artless strain: Naught so can soothe a soul's own pain, As making glad another soul! — Paul Verlaine

Gentlemen, why do you not laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me day and night, if I did not laugh, I should die. — Abraham Lincoln

That fitful strain of melancholy which will ever be found inseperable from the perfection of the beautiful. — Edgar Allan Poe

It provides a different type of element and mental strain athletes love. That's what makes the game of golf so special. — Tiger Woods

You're a dancer; don't strain, don't force it. Be one with the hurdle, let it happen, relax while running fast. — Renaldo Nehemiah

Success is not measured in achievement of goals, but in the stress and strain of meeting those goals — Spencer W. Kimball

Deep in the Underthing, stones warm beneth her feet, Auri heard a faint, sweet strain of music. — Patrick Rothfuss

You are a light that will always guide me, a whisper I'll always strain to hear. — Lora Leigh

Nothing can unman you like an un-man. — Chuck Hogan

America has always had an apocalyptic strain. Yet it also seems to believe that if, or when, The End comes, it will still come out on top. — Charles Duhigg

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. — Robert Staughton Lynd

Careful, Arturo Bandini: don't strain your eyesight, remember what happened to Tarkington, remember what happened to James Joyce. — John Fante

The strain of trying to make another person change causes suffering for both. — Karlyle Tomms

Words strain, crack, and sometime break, under the burden. — T. S. Eliot

Let it be remembered, too, that at a time of war, nearly every one is under great strain. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

The Sun, the stars and the seasons as they pass, some can gaze upon these with no strain of fear. — Horace

Love based upon indulgence of animal passion, is at best a selfish affair, and likely to snap under the slightest strain. — Mahatma Gandhi

The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise. — Aeschylus

I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets: — Sara Gruen

One strain could call up the quivering expectancy of Christmas Eve, childhood, joy and sadness, the lonely wonder of a star — Maud Hart Lovelace

Penalties put too much strain on one player. It could ruin his career if he's not a strong character. — Terry Venables

Katherine Grey was born with the power of managing old ladies, dogs, and small boys, and she did it without any apparent sense of strain. — Agatha Christie

The moment when the battle ends is not always a happy one: to fret and strain against evil is an act itself dear to a hearty spirit with convictions. — Robert Nathan

Allowing beauty a place in the soul was a powerful antidote to the stress and strain of mortal life. — Susan Vreeland

Where you girls from? Don't answer if you don't feel like it. I don't want you to strain yourself. — J.D. Salinger

Algae is the perfect food plant. It doubles cell mass every twelve hours, depending on the strain. — Homaro Cantu

No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life. — Ernest Renan

An uncomfortable marriage can not bear the strain of the death of a beloved donkey. — Merrie Haskell

It's enough of a strain killing people. I've no time for deer.
Mick Ballou — Lawrence Block

The degree of tolerance attainable at any moment depends on the strain under which society is maintaining its cohesion. — George Bernard Shaw

A democracy when put to the strain grows weak, and is supplanted by Oligarchy. — Aristotle.

There is a strain of loneliness infecting many Christians, which only the presence of God can cure. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

All couples must bear the strain of getting acquainted, having been, up to then, merely intimate. — Peter De Vries

I find it a huge strain to be responsible for my tastes and be known and defined by them. — Jonathan Franzen

They strain over gnats and swallow camels. They also cannibalize each other for power. — Mike Duran

Irritation for some men was their response to strain. — Guy Gavriel Kay

I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me. — Mason Cooley

Again, if the campaign is protracted, the resources of the State will not be equal to the strain. — Sun Tzu

Real life ... Witches: Wiccan practitioners. Werewolves: rare strain of rabies. Zombies: Prions/Plague. Vampires: Hemophilia/Porphyria — Solange Nicole

Neither of us entered marriage thinking it wouldn't be a strain. Life has strains in it, and he's the person I want to strain with. — Patricia Arquette

A difference of taste in jokes, is a great strain on the affections. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

My most frequent admonition to athletes and coaches is: train, do not strain. — Arthur Lydiard

I had seen even well-established marriages shatter under the strain of smaller things. And those that did not shatter, but were crippled by mistrust — Diana Gabaldon

Each step, each strain of the eye Opens out a new horizon; And every day throws in our way Something new, to grow more wise on. — Robert B. Leighton

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things. — Winston Churchill

For I am bound with fleshly bands,
Joy, beauty, lie beyond my scope;
I strain my heart, I stretch my hands,
And catch at hope. — Christina Rossetti

When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can. — Thomas Harris

Freedom from worries and surcease from strain are illusions that always inhabit the distance. — Edwin Way Teale

Cancer is my own private war. The strain, the nausea, the fever take turns challenging my strength, my mind and my spirit ... — Farrah Fawcett

Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more. — Ruth Gordon

Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Strain every nerve to gain your point. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Strain your brain more than your eye. — Thomas Eakins

It is not true that men can be divided into absolutely honest persons and absolutely dishonest ones. Our honesty varies with the strain put on it. — George Bernard Shaw

It is not worth while to strain one's self to tell the truth to people who habitually discount everything you tell them, whether it is true or isn't. — Mark Twain

Some offenses will be more challenging than those for which we've been trained. This extra strain may cause — John Bevere

Unity to be real must survive the severest strain without breaking. — Mahatma Gandhi

Train, don't strain. — Arthur Lydiard

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain ... The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension. — Jack Vance

Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near. — Paul Robeson

The strain of Christian service can result in sickness ... I have known Christian workers who have risked their lives and health in serving the Lord. — Billy Graham

Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows. — Alexander Pope

That's put a strain on his left-hand knee. — John Scales

We strain hardest for things which are almost, but now quite within reach. — Frederick William Faber

Birds buildbut not I build; no, but strain, Time's eunuch, and not breed one work that wakes. Mine,O thou lord of life, send my roots rain. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

I suppose it is because woman's courage is mental and man's physical, that in times of great strain women always make the better showing. — Mary Roberts Rinehart

Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain. — Mahatma Gandhi

One of the greatest strains in life is the strain of waiting for God. — Oswald Chambers

Old longings nomadic leap, Chafing at custom's chain; Again from its brumal sleep Wakens the ferine strain. — Jack London

I'm going to my room," Jessie Kay called. "Y'all do me a favor and argue loud enough so I can listen in without having to strain myself. — Gena Showalter

Time loves a new lay; and the dirge he is playing
Will change for you soon to a livelier strain. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does. — Christiane Amanpour

She's the bridge between the doctors and the people, and you can see the strain of balancing between those two worlds. — Gayle Forman

The idea that the UN system could provide real leadership on the great development challenges will strain credulity in some quarters. — Jeffrey Sachs

You never have a comedian who hasn't got a very deep strain of sadness within him or her. Every great clown has been very near to tragedy. — Margaret Rutherford

I laughed at his honesty. I like people who say what they are thinking. No need to guess and try strain your nonexistent psychic abilities. — Mary Whitten

when time is tomorrow but still carries a strain of today, when we are wiser and reborn all at once. — Rakesh Satyal

Any strain upon a girl's intellect is to be dreaded, and any attempt to bring women into competition with men can scarcely escapefailure. — Elizabeth Missing Sewell

Initially, there were a lot of fears that Ebola could mutate to become the airborne Andromeda strain that would wipe us all out. — Richard Preston

The roots of the grass strain, Tighten, the earth is rigid, waits-he is waiting- And suddenly, and all at once, the rain! — Archibald MacLeish

It is too great a strain for a woman to bear. I did not think so at first, but I know better now. — Bram Stoker

I don't really strain my voice. — Daryl Hall

My business was great, and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy. — William Shakespeare

She was a rare psychotic-confessional-poet strain of salmonella. — Augusten Burroughs

If music be the food of love, play on. 1 Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, 2 The appetite may sicken and so die. 3 That strain again! It — William Shakespeare

That you are fair or wise is vain,
Or strong, or rich, or generous;
You must have also the untaught strain
That sheds beauty on the rose. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

When his veering gait And every motion of his starry train Seem governed by a strain Of music, audible to him alone. — William Wordsworth

There are spines to which the immobility of worship is not a strain. — Edith Wharton

But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain — Alice Walker

I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social advantage. — Mahatma Gandhi