And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Poverty is a plague against which humanity must fight without cease. — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
There is a plague on Man, the opinion that he knows something. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
War is the greatest plague that can afflict mankind... Any scourge is preferable to it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
So all a man could win in the conflict between plague and life was knowledge and memories. — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“I think you were going to stop the Black Plague armed with one guard, one mad scientist, a rubber man, and a… — Caspar Vega Copy Share Image
The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us. — Shelley Berman Copy Share Image
Among women, guilt spreads with the rampant fury of bubonic plague. ... I used to feel guilty if the cat had matted fur. — Sue Thoele Copy Share Image
When in all the nations of the world the rule of law is the darling of the leaders and the plague of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“In his mind, the business of existence was about minimizing consequences. The plague had raised the stakes, but he had been in… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Her life wasn’t some medieval romance novel. And even if it had been, she probably would’ve ended up dying of the plague.… — Shelli Stevens Copy Share Image
European standards of beauty are something that plague the entire world - the idea that darker skin is not beautiful, that light… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
My campaign is based upon the proposition that the answers to the problems which currently plague our cities, our towns, and our… — Jerry Springer Copy Share Image
Death and loss, they plague you. So do memories. Like the Mississippi's incessant slap against the levees, they creep up with deceptive… — Karen White Copy Share Image
The fourth angel poured his bowl on the sun, and it was allowed to scorch people with fire; they were scorched by… — John the Apostle Copy Share Image
I've never had high expectations of my work and I certainly am not going to let that plague my thoughts. I'm just… — Heath Ledger Copy Share Image
We cannot ignore the disparity in resources that continue to plague many of our school systems, especially those serving predominantly inner-city minority… — Diane Watson Copy Share Image
We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. We've seen the… — Tom Van Vleck Copy Share Image
'Love' is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like 'move.' The alternative is a plague of doves, or a… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Freud thought he was bringing the plague to the U.S.A., but the U.S.A. has victoriously resisted the psychoanalytical frost by real deep… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The black masses want not to be shrunk from as though they are plague-ridden. They want not to be walled up in… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
If you were to go, and hopefully someday you will, you would see a lot of paintings of dead people. You'd see… — John Green Copy Share Image
“For the briefest of instants, a miles-wide hole appeared from the middle of the Earth to the top of the sky. The… — Raymond Dean White Copy Share Image
Just as plagues were visited on Pharaoh so will pestilences and disasters be visited on the white man. Why, it has already… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“Krause and his team unearthed the evolution of Yersinia pestis, and the genomic tracks of its terrible journey. An earlier study had… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet Marks of… — William Blake Copy Share Image