Famous quotes containing the word tear:
“I saw a staring virgin stand
Where holy Dionysus died,
And tear the heart out of his side,
And lay the heart upon her hand
And bear that beating heart away;”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“They wouldn’t be heroes if they were infallible, in fact they wouldn’t be heroes if they weren’t miserable wretched dogs, the pariahs of the earth, besides which the only reason to build up an idol is to tear it down again.”
—Lester Bangs (1948–1982)
“First Plebian. Tear him to pieces, he’s a conspirator!
Cinna. I am Cinna the poet! I am Cinna the poet!
Fourth Plebian. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)