Pernicious

Famous quotes containing the word pernicious:

“If he say so, may his pernicious soul
Rot half a grain a day! He lies to the heart.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“... the idea of a classless society is ... a disastrous mirage which cannot be maintained without tyranny of the few over the many. It is even more pernicious culturally than politically, not because the monolithic state forces the party line upon its intellectuals and artists, but because it has no social patterns to reflect.”
—Agnes E. Meyer (1887–1970)

“Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered but to be schooled.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)