Famous quotes containing the word hollow:
“Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“Ceremony was but devised at first
To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes,
Recanting goodness, sorry ere tis shown;
But where there is true friendship, there needs none.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“She could give herself up to the written word as naturally as a good dancer to music or a fine swimmer to water. The only difficulty was that after finishing the last sentence she was left with a feeling at once hollow and uncomfortably full. Exactly like indigestion.”
—Jean Rhys (18941979)
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