Violent Death

Famous quotes containing the words violent death, violent and/or death:

    “They who are continually shocked by slavery have some right to be shocked by the violent death of the slaveholder, but no others. Such will be more shocked by his life than by his death.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
    For violent fires soon burn out themselves;
    Small showers last long, but sudden storms are short.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “This morning men deliver wounds and death.
    They will deliver death and wounds tomorrow.
    And I doubt all. You. Or a violet.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)