“And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.”
Bible
“For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.”
“All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater.”
“O excellent! I love long life better than figs.”
William Shakespeare
“There is always some fig leaf being used.”
Gary Hart
“No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.”
Epictetus
“I've never turned over a fig leaf yet that didn't have a price tag on the other side.”
Saul Bellow
