Dead Roots

Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or roots:

    “If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.”
    —Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)

    “He who sins easily, sins less. The very power
    Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)