Famous quotes containing the words acute and/or poisoning:
“I find the pain of a little censure, even when it is unfounded, is more acute than the pleasure of much praise.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
“The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)