Strains After Quotes
- The multitude always strains after rarities and exceptions, and thinks little of the gifts of nature; so that, when prophecy is talked of, ordinary knowledge… — Baruch Spinoza
- I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the river, and fell… — Henry David Thoreau
- Everybody strains after happiness, and the result is that nobody's happy. — Aldous Huxley