Brutal

Famous quotes containing the word brutal:

“I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.”
—Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863)

“Found a family, build a state,
The pledged event is still the same:
Matter in end will never abate
His ancient brutal claim.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“Always, however brutal an age may actually have been, its style transmits its music only.”
—André Malraux (1901–1976)