Fallen/books

Famous quotes containing the words fallen and/or books:

    The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.
    Ecclesiasticus Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus, 28:17-8.

    My books and instruments shall be my company,
    On them to look and practise by myself.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)