Carrion Quote by William Shakespeare

The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?

— William Shakespeare

Cry "havoc!" and let loose the dogs of war, That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial.

— William Shakespeare

Tempt not a desperate man

— William Shakespeare

The tyrant should take heed to what he doth, Since every victim-carrion turns to use, And drives a chariot, like a god made wroth,…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“A substance so far beyond their ken that they might have been carrion birds pecking at the eyes of god.”

— Laini Taylor

A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in…

— John Harvey Kellogg

For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.

— Alexander Pope

Hamburger steak is carrion, and quite unfit for food except by a turkey buzzard, a hyena, or some other scavenger.

— John Harvey Kellogg

“The carrion birds sat about the topmost corners of the houses with their wings outstretched in attitudes of exhortation like dark little bishops.”

— Cormac McCarthy

They are the carrion birds of humanity...[speaking of the Jews] are a state within a state. They are certainly not real citizens...The evils of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Christopher Carrion is me. Christopher Carrion is a man who has had love in his life and that love has not always been good…

— Clive Barker

Not, I'll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee:

— Gerard Manley Hopkins