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Famous quotes containing the word turn:

“Give me th’ avowed, th’ erect, the manly foe,
Bold I can meet—perhaps may turn his blow;
But of all plagues, good Heav’n, thy wrath can send,
Save, save, oh! save me from the Candid Friend.”
—George Canning (1770–1827)

“Then thus I turn me from my country’s light,
To dwell in solemn shades of endless night.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Despising,
For you, the city, thus I turn my back;
There is a world elsewhere.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)