Escaped Prison Fourteen

Famous quotes containing the words escaped, prison and/or fourteen:

“...I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Job 19:20.

“They are sworn enemies of lyric poetry.
In prison they accompany the jailer,
Enter cells to hear confessions.
Their short-end comes down
When you least expect it.”
—Charles Simic (b. 1938)

“Those holy fields,
Over whose acres walked those blessed feet
Which fourteen hundred years ago were nailed
For our advantage on the bitter cross.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)