Razed Quotes
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If the worst came to the worst and half of mankind died, the other half
would remain while imperialism would be razed to the ground
and the whole world could become socialist.
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More Razed Quotes
Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of ev'n or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, of human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me expunged and razed, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
john milton— 1665 Paradise Lost (published1667), bk.3, l.40-50.
The original Black Town was razed in 1758 to allow for an extension of the Fort. This forced residents and businesses to relocate to the adjacent villages Peddanaikenpet and Muthiapet, though the name “Black Town” remained in use.
— Mary E. Hancock, in p.219 (The Politics of Heritage from Madras to Chennai (29 October 2008))
The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories once foiled, Is from the book of honour razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toiled.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXV. "Fight" is "worth" in original.
Where will it [Iran] drop it [the future nuclear bomb], this bomb? On Israel? It would not have gone off 200 meters into the atmosphere before Tehran would be razed to the ground.
— Jacques Chirac, French president [1] (Sourced)
