Lash

Famous quotes containing the word lash:

    The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again!
    The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on.
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Lead bullets flattened by human teeth have been found on the camp site. Soldiers who had been caught stealing food from nearby farms customarily chewed on a bullet as the lash was laid on their bare backs.
    —For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)