"Filthy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... pillow and chief reposal.... An idle dog will be mangy; and how shall an idle person escape? Idleness of the mind is much worse than that of the body: wit, without employment, is a disease—the rust of the soul, a plague, a hell itself. As in a standing pool, worms and filthy creepers increase, so do evil and corrupt thoughts in an idle person; the soul is contaminated.... Thus much I dare boldly say: he or she that is idle, be they of what condition they will, never so rich, so well allied, fortunate, happy—let them ...
— Character • Samuel Smiles
... sixteen days, and during that time they suffered intensely, the food being unfit for consumption and their surroundings filthy beyond words. As I have said before, there were among their number men physically unfit ...
— The Petticoat Commando - Boer Women in Secret Service • Johanna Brandt
... read any more. It's a disgusting, filthy book and you shan't have it. Get up and dress, and don't ...
— The Keeper of the Door • Ethel M. Dell
... you will pick up strength like a steam engine now. Here, let me prop you against this tree. That's better. Now drink a drop of this tea; it's like nectar after that filthy water we have been drinking. Now you will feel better. Now you must try and eat a little of this chicken and rice. Oh, nonsense, you have got to do it. I am not going to let you give way when our trouble is just over. Think of your people at home, Percy, and make ...
— Among Malay Pirates - And Other Tales Of Adventure And Peril • G. A. Henty
... us a few excellent meals of fresh meat. The flesh had, indeed, a strong filthy taste, but was, in every respect infinitely superior to that of the sea-horse; which nevertheless our people were again persuaded, without much difficulty, to ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 • Robert Kerr
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