Rotten

Famous quotes containing the word rotten:

“An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“I would not knock old fellows in the dust
But there lay Captain Carpenter on his back
His weapons were the old heart in his bust
And a blade shook between rotten teeth alack.”
—John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974)

“Just as rotten wood cannot be used for pillars, so base people cannot become masters.”
—Chinese proverb.