Bed Quotes - Page 39
The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
Bertolt Brecht, Ralph Manheim (1987). “Poems, 1913-1956”, p.276, Taylor & Francis
Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1850). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Published Verbatim from the Original Manuscript, by His Grandson, William Temple Franklin”, p.76
Song: Both Hands, Album: Ani DiFranco
There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, ''Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.
Alexander Pope (1856). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.90
Alexander McCall Smith (2004). “The Sunday Philosophy Club”, p.98, Anchor
Obedience, you know, is Good Luck's mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.
Septem contra Thebas, l.224-5 (translated by C M Dawson).
William Shakespeare (2014). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.34, Oldcastle Books
While he was drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Richard Farmer, Samuel Johnson (1821). “The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare”, p.381