#bending

Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. ↗

— William Whewell

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#always #bending #cord #downwards #fine

You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks. ↗

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

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#breaks #get #instead #tragedy #tree

I never mind scrubbing floors, vacuuming or bending and carrying stuff. Each time I do it I think, this is instead of going to the gym. ↗

— Joanna Lumley

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#carrying #each #floors #going #gym