Hollow

Famous quotes containing the word hollow:

“While the hollow oak our palace is,
Our heritage the sea.”
—Allan Cunningham (1784–1842)

“The cloakroom pegs are empty now,
And locked the classroom door,
The hollow desks are dimmed with dust....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)

“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)