Swept

Famous quotes containing the word swept:

    When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
    HonorĂ© De Balzac (1799–1850)

    Warmest climes but nurse the cruelest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the deadliest thunders: gorgeous Cuba knows tornadoes that never swept tame northern lands.
    Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    A courtyard common to all will be swept by none.
    Chinese proverb.