Cripple

Famous quotes containing the word cripple:

“The cripple tardy-gaited night,
Who like a foul and ugly witch doth limp
So tediously away.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight, whereas a fool declares that it is we who are silly; if it were not so, we should feel pity and not anger.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“A cripple or blind they will ca’ me,
While we shall be merry and sing.’”
—Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 79–80)