Famous quotes containing the words nose and/or bullet:
“Had Cleopatra’s nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have changed.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)
“Consider his life which was valueless
In terms of employment, hotel ledgers, news files.
Consider. One bullet in ten thousand kills a man.
Ask. Was so much expenditure justified
On the death of one so young and so silly
Lying under the olive tree, O world, O death?”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)