“A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.”
Turkish Proverb
“Humor is tragedy plus time”
Mark Twain
“A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever”
Jessamyn West
“For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds;Lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds.”
William Shakespeare
“Nonetheless, I intend to continue to offer options to resolve festering issues and, in some cases, glaring inequities in some public services.”
Bernard Richard
“I think that the idea that you can simply let that situation fester and demand the North Koreans make good on their nuclear weapons program -- and eliminate it prior to any negotiations -- is not a sustainable policy.”
Michael O'Hanlon
“It seems to me it is a very dangerous situation to let that fester, but because of the Iraq problems we're into now, that is what is happening in North Korea.”
Carl Levin
