Ill

Famous quotes containing the word ill:

    We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
    —Jean De La Bruyère (1645–1696)

    By a route obscure and lonely,
    Haunted by ill angels only,
    Where an eidolon, named Night,
    On a black throne reigns upright,
    I have reached these lands but newly
    From an ultimate dim Thule—
    From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime,
    Out of space—out of time.
    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    the ache here in the throat,
    To know that I so ill deserve the place
    Her arms make for me;
    James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)