“To make pleasures pleasant shorten them”
Charles Buxton
“To shorten winter, borrow some money due in spring.”
W. J. Vogel
“One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since.”
Cy Young
“Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance”
Herbert Spencer
“We might have to shorten our bench. Some players have been more consistent lately.”
Pam Borton
“And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.”
Bible
“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.”