“Said I, in scorn all burning hot,
In rage and anger high,
"You ignominious idiot,
Those wings are made to fly!"”
A Conservative.
In this Our World : Poems (1898)
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American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and … 1860–1935Related quotes
“Those who gave away their wings are sad not to see them fly.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Los que dieron sus alas están tristes, de no verlas volar.
Voces (1943)
“Though I am young, I scorn to flit
On the wings of borrowed wit.”
George Wither (1588–1667) English poet
The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable,
Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.”
Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright
Source: Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus
Kathryn Lasky (1944) American children's writer
Old Boreal Owl prayer, Grimble's last words; Chapter Twenty-two: "The Shape of the Wind", p. 162
The Capture (2003)
