Perish

Famous quotes containing the word perish:

“May they perish who said what we said before we did.”
—Jerome (c. 340–420)

“We shall perish by guile just as we slew.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)

“O night,
you take the petals
of the roses in your hand,
but leave the stark core
of the rose
to perish on the branch.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)