Hollow

Famous quotes containing the word hollow:

“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 (1564–1616)

“We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

“Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.”
—Nicholas Breton (c. 1545–1626)