Famous quotes containing the word perish:
“May they perish who said what we said before we did.”
—Jerome (c. 340–420)
“The idea of bringing someone into the world fills me with horror. I would curse myself if I were a father. A son of mine! Oh no, no, no! May my entire flesh perish and may I transmit to no one the aggravations and the disgrace of existence.”
—Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880)
“We shall perish by guile just as we slew.”
—Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)