Famous quotes containing the words swamp and/or rat:
“I see less difference between a city and a swamp than formerly.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“But you think ... that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)