Day of Atonement

Famous quotes containing the words day of, day and/or atonement:

    Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
    Bible: New Testament, Matthew 10:15.

    Elizabeth, frigidly stretched,
    On a spring day surprised us
    With her starched dignity and the quietness
    Of her hands clasping a black cross.
    Valentin Iremonger (b. 1918)

    What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
    Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)