Famous quotes containing the word flies:
“As flies to wanton boys, are we to th gods;
They kill us for their sport.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“Follow a shaddow, it still flies you;
Seeme to flye it, it will pursue:
So court a mistris, shee denyes you;
Let her alone, shee will court you.
Say, are not women truely, then,
Stild but the shaddowes of us men?
At morne, and even, shades are longest;
At noone, they are or short, or none:
So men at weakest, they are strongest,
But grant us perfect, theyre not knowne.
Say, are not women truely, then,
Stild but the shaddowes of us men?”
—Ben Jonson (15721637)
“The wild beasts, sparrows pecking the llamas grain,
Pigeons settling on the bears bread, buzzards
Tearing the meat the flies have clouded. . . .”
—Randall Jarrell (19141965)
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