Plague

Plague

Plague or The plague is a disease that has a high mortality rate or a calamity with widespread and serious consequences for its victims. The term is particularly used to refer the diseases caused by Yersinia pestis.

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Famous quotes containing the word plague:

    “A plague o’ both your houses.
    They have made worms’ meat of me.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “A plague upon it!
    I have forgot the map.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “they smile in secret, looking over wasted lands,
    Blight and famine, plague and earthquake, roaring deeps and fiery sands,
    Clanging fights, and flaming towns, and sinking ships, and praying hands.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)