Empty

Famous quotes containing the word empty:

“In vain we lavish out our lives,
To gather empty wind;
The choicest blessings earth can yield
Will starve a hungry mind.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)

“Poetry isn’t a profession, it’s a way of life. It’s an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that.”
—Mary Oliver (b. 1935)

“Virtue is beauty, but the beauteous evil.
Are empty trunks o’erflourished by the devil.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)