Famous quotes containing the word hideous:
“There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crimenamely, repressive justice.”
—Simone Weil (19091943)
“In the cold of Europe, under prudish northern fogs, except when slaughter is afoot, you only glimpse the crawling cruelty of your fellow men. But their rottenness rises to the surface as soon as they are tickled by the hideous fevers of the tropics.”
—Louis-Ferdinand Céline (18941961)
“Only the gaunt fierce bird
Flies, merciless with fear
Lest air hold him not,
Beats up the scaffold of space
Sick of the worlds rot
Gods hideous face.”
—Allen Tate (18991979)
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