Fatal

Famous quotes containing the word fatal:

“I envy not only their talents
And fertile lack of balance
But the appearance of choice
In their sad and fatal voice.”
—Roy Fuller (b. 1912)

“To sunny waters some
By fatal instinct fly; where on the pool
They sportive wheel, or, sailing down the stream,
Are snatched immediate by the quick-eyed trout
Or darting salmon.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)

“Neither the wrath of Heaven nor the attacks of enemies
are as fatal as Pleasure alone when she infects the mind.”
—Silius Italicus (26–101)