Cripple

Famous quotes containing the word cripple:

“A cripple or blind they will ca’ me,
While we shall be merry and sing.’”
—Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 79–80)

“How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight, whereas a fool declares that it is we who are silly; if it were not so, we should feel pity and not anger.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“The cripple tardy-gaited night,
Who like a foul and ugly witch doth limp
So tediously away.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)