Bird Base

Famous quotes containing the words bird and/or base:

    “Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes 10:20.

    “They must to keep their certainty accuse
    All that are different of a base intent;
    Pull down established honour; hawk for news
    Whatever their loose phantasy invent
    And murmur it with bated breath....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)