Veins

Famous quotes containing the word veins:

“How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father’s or mother’s life?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“When first the college rolls receive his name,
The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame;
Through all his veins the fever of renown
Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“There is gold, and here
My bluest veins to kiss—a hand that kings
Have lipped, and trembled kissing.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)