Soiled Linen

Famous quotes containing the words soiled and/or linen:

“A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“It is not linen you’re wearing out
But human creatures’ lives!
Stitch—stitch—stitch,
In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)