Vile

Famous quotes containing the word vile:

“We know that madness belongs to love,—what power to paint a vile object in hues of heaven.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies
In plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities;
For nought so vile that on the earth doth live
But to the earth some special good doth give.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“God clothed himself in vile man’s flesh, that so
He might be weak enough to suffer woe.”
—John Donne (1572–1631)