"The Ants"
Poems Chiefly from Manuscript
“The fiercest serpent may be overcome by a swarm of ants.”
Statement in opposition of the planned construction of the Yamato class battleships, as quoted in Scraps of paper: the disarmament treaties between the world wars (1989) by Harlow A. Hyde. In this statement, Yamamoto implies that even the most powerful battleships can be sunk by a huge swarm of carrier planes. This remark also proved prophetic as both Yamato and Musashi would be sunk by overwhelming air attacks.
“A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.”
Attributed to Monroe on social media, but this quote was actually said by Clara Bow.
Misattributed
“Ants never head for an empty granary:
no friends gather round when your wealth is gone.”
Horrea formicae tendunt ad inania numquam:
nullus ad amissas ibit amicus opes.
I, ix, 9-10; translation by A.S. Kline
Tristia (Sorrows)
“Ant-swarming city, city abounding in dreams,
Where ghosts in broad daylight accost the passerby!”
Fourmillante cité, cité pleine de rêves,
Où le spectre en plein jour raccroche le passant!
"Les Sept Vieillards" [The Seven Old Men] http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_sept_vieillards
Les fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil) (1857)
The Color Purple (1982)
Quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa., p. 10
