“Perish the thought!”
Colley Cibber
“Can an ass be tragic? To perish under a burden one can neither bear nor throw off? The case of the philosopher.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.”
Proverb
“Rome shall perish - write that word / In the blood that she has spilt.”
William Cowper
“We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the contest, and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: none is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope! Rally to the standard, and be no longer the scoff of mercenary tongues! Be men, be free men, that your children may bless their father's name.”
Sam Houston
“When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.”
Carl Sandburg
“Perish the Universe, provided I have my revenge.”
Cyrano De Bergerac
