Fly Killing Scene

Famous quotes containing the words fly, killing and/or scene:

    “He serveth the servant,
    The brave he loves amain;
    He kills the cripple and the sick,
    And straight begins again.
    For gods delight in gods,
    And thrust the weak aside;
    To him who scorns their charities,
    Their arms fly open wide.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The killing of a criminal can be moral—but never its legitimation.”
    —Walter Benjamin (1892–1940)

    “The scene of suffering is a scene of joy when the suffering is past; and the silent reminiscence of hardships departed, is sweeter than the presence of delight.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)