Ere

Famous quotes containing the word ere:

“For, ere Demetrius looked on Hermia’s eyne,
He hailed down oaths that he was only mine,
And when this hail some heat from Hermia felt,
So he dissolved, and showers of oaths did melt.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Pale primroses,
That die unmarried ere they can behold
Bright Phoebus in his strength.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“If your friend has displeased you, you shall not sit down to consider it, for he has already lost all memory of the passage, and has doubled his power to serve you, and, ere you can rise up again, will burden you with blessings.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)