Sore

Famous quotes containing the word sore:

“Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

“It is said that he once had a sore toe that so annoyed him that he went to the woodpile and chopped it off with an axe, quoting the Scripture, ‘If thy foot offend thee, cut it off.’”
—For the State of Rhode Island, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

“A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)