Border Ruffians

Famous quotes containing the words border and/or ruffians:

“Liberal hopefulness
Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)

“The bay-trees in our country are all withered,
And meteors fright the fixèd stars of heaven.
The pale-faced moon looks bloody on the earth,
And lean-looked prophets whisper fearful change.
Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap;
The one in fear to lose what they enjoy,
The other to enjoy by rage and war.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)