Poison Quotes - Page 14
I can’t name the poison that’s killing your friend. But the one that’s killing you is called hope.
Scott Lynch (2013). “The Republic of Thieves”, p.45, Del Rey
Samuel Johnson, William Page (1860). “Life and Writings”, p.321
Samuel Hopkins Adams (2014). “Success”, p.817, Lulu Press, Inc
Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). “I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god”, Carcanet Press Ltd.
Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.60
The poisons are our principal medicines, which kill the disease and save the life.
The Conduct of Life Ch. 7
Rachel Caine (2009). “Lord of Misrule: The Morganville Vampires”, p.112, Penguin
Pliny the Elder (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Pliny the Elder (Illustrated)”, p.396, Delphi Classics
Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.1
A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.
Philip Roth, George John Searles (1992). “Conversations with Philip Roth”, p.180, Univ. Press of Mississippi
...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.
Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.457, Penguin
Ovid, John Henry Mozley (1979). “Ovid”, Loeb Classical Library
Michel de Montaigne (2013). “Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays”, p.106, Courier Corporation
Malice sucks up the greatest part of its own venom, and poisons itself.
Michel de Montaigne (2015). “Montaigne's Essays: Top Essays”, p.827, 谷月社
Michael Gruber (2010). “The Good Son”, p.134, Atlantic Books Ltd
May Sarton (2017). “The Journals of May Sarton Volume One: Journal of a Solitude, Plant Dreaming Deep, and Recovering”, p.140, Open Road Media