Quotes about curses

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.

— St. Basil

I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse.

— Nicholas Breton

Curses always recoil on the head of him who imprecates them. If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around your own.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Curses are like chickens, they always come home.

— Proverb

Cursing is invoking the assistance of a spirit to help you inflict suffering. Swearing on the other hand, is invoking, only the witness of a spirit to an statement you wish to make.

— John Ruskin

This is the curse of an evil deed, that it incites and must bring forth more evil.

— Johann Friedrich Von Schiller

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.

— Edmund Waller