Famous quotes containing the words fired and/or match:
“Cursed be the hand that fired the shot,
The frenzied brain that hatched the plot,
Thy country’s Father slain
By thee, thou worse than Cain!”
—Richard Henry Stoddard (1825–1903)
“They who have considered our nature, affirm that shame and disgrace are two of the most insupportable evils of human life: the courage and spirits of many have master’d other misfortunes and borne themselves up against them; but the wisest and best of souls have not been a match for these.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)