Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I have, alas, only one illusion left, and that is the Archbishop of Canterbury. — Sydney Smith Copy Share Image
One could do with a longer year - so much to do, so little done, alas. — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same. — Jean Rostand Copy Share Image
We have had, alas, and still have, the doubtful habit of reverence. Above all, we respect things as they are. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The children of the poor are so apt to look as if the rich would have been over-blest with such! Alas for… — Nathaniel Parker Willis Copy Share Image
My rejection at the Salon brought an end to my hesitation [to settle in Paris] since after this failure I can no… — Claude Monet Copy Share Image
Alas, the world has never known a sound social fabric, a fabric sound and clean to the core and kindly. For it… — Louis Sullivan Copy Share Image
The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great. [Fr., Helas! on voit que de tout… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
The life's story of great geniuses is a sad one, without much tangible reward, which does not inspire future generations to face… — Joseph Haydn Copy Share Image
A connoisseur of gastronomy was congratulated on his appointment as a director of indirect contributions at Periguex: and, above all, in the… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
O my Blessed God! let me climb up near to Him, and love, and long, and plead, and wrestle, and strech after… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
There are always in life countless tendencies for good and for evil, and each succeeding generation sees some of these tendencies strengthened… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Alas, how can the poor souls live in Concord when you preachers sow amongst them in your sermons debate and discord? They… — Henry VIII of England Copy Share Image
Alas! how many souls there are full of self, and yet desirous of doing good and serving God, but in such a… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Hear, O God. Alas, for man's sin! So saith man, and Thou pitiest him; for Thou madest him, but sin is in… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
A true evangelist is almost as great a rarity as a true pastor. Alas! Alas! How rare are both! The two are… — Charles Henry Mackintosh Copy Share Image