“Done to death by slanderous tongue”
William Shakespeare book Much Ado About Nothing
Source: Much Ado About Nothing
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Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns -570–-485 BCRelated quotes
“If we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.”
Anne Brontë book The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848), Ch. IX : A Snake in the Grass; Gilbert to Eliza
James Beattie (1735–1803) Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher
The Judgment of Paris (1765), stanza 109.
“Satan never wastes a fiery dart on an area covered in armor.”
Beth Moore (1957) American evangelist
Source: Daniel Audio CD Set: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy
“To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Rien ne sert de courir; il faut partir à point.
Book VI (1668), fable 10.
Fables (1668–1679)
“Will darted back to the gutter, and picked up the knife, and the fight was over.”
Philip Pullman His Dark Materials trilogy
Source: His Dark Materials, The Subtle Knife (1997), Ch. 8 : The Tower of the Angels
Context: Will darted back to the gutter, and picked up the knife, and the fight was over. The young man, cut and battered, clambered up the step, and saw Will standing above him holding the knife; he stared with a sickly anger and then turned and fled.