Stem Canker

Famous quotes containing the words stem and/or canker:

“All things seem mention of themselves
And the names which stem from them branch out to other referents.
Hugely, spring exists again.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)

“First try all other means, but if the wound
Heal not, then use the knife, lest to the clean
From the diseased the canker spread.”
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)