Flies

Famous quotes containing the word flies:

“As flies to wanton boys, are we to th’ gods;
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods,
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Small, black, as flies hanging in heat, the Boys,
Until the distance throws them forth, their hum
Bulges to thunder held by calf and thigh.”
—Thom Gunn (b. 1929)