Famous quotes containing the words stir up and/or stir:
“It is indeed very possible, that the Persons we laugh at may in the main of their Characters be much wiser Men than our selves; but if they would have us laugh at them, they must fall short of us in those Respects which stir up this Passion.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)
“Some say that ever ‘gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour’s birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,
The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,
No fairy tale nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow’d and so gracious is the time.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)