Famous quotes containing the word smells:
“The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.”
—Cyril Connolly (19031974)
“Gloucester. O, let me kiss that hand!
Lear. Let me wipe it first, it smells of mortality.
Gloucester. O ruined piece of nature! This great world
Shall so wear out to nought.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“The morning comes to consciousness
Of faint stale smells of beer
From the sawdust-trampled street
With all its muddy feet that press
To early coffee-stands.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)