Quotes by Strain Everybody strains after happiness, and the result is that nobody's happy. Aldous Huxley strain results In a sadly pleasing strain, let the warbling lute complain. Alexander Pope strain music complaining Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows. Alexander Pope zephyr strain blow ... there are spines to which the immobility of worship is not a strain. Edith Wharton spine strain worship There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives Dennis Prager strain bigger government Time loves a new lay; and the dirge he is playing Ella Wheeler Wilcox strain time-love time To accomplish nothing and die of the strain Emile M. Cioran accomplish-nothing strain accomplish Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in. Florence King strain metaphor writing A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is strain upon it. Henry Ward Beecher cobwebs strain strength Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. John Milton prophetic strain experience I find it a huge strain to be responsible for my tastes and be known and defined by them. Jonathan Franzen strain responsible taste Those who cannot hear an angry shout may strain to hear a whisper. Leonard Nimoy strain may inspirational Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain. Mahatma Gandhi withstanding strain tolerance Strain every nerve to gain your point. Marcus Tullius Cicero strain nerves gains 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 strain men I tried good taste, but the strain was too much for me. Mason Cooley strain too-much taste marriage is a great strain upon love. Myrtle Reed strain The strain of life is what builds our strength. If there is no strain, there will be no strength. Oswald Chambers strain ifs life-is Courage is like a strain of yoghurt culture, if you have some you can have some more. Ruth Gordon strain courage culture I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets. Sara Gruen obscene strain ears 12»