Plain Flap

Famous quotes containing the words plain and/or flap:

“When love begins to sicken and decay
It useth an enforcèd ceremony.
There are no tricks in plain and simple faith.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Let Sporus tremble—‘What? That thing of silk,
Sporus, that mere white curd of ass’s milk?
Satire or sense, alas, can Sporus feel,
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?’
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings;
Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys,
Yet wit ne’er tastes, and beauty ne’er enjoys:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)