Great wealth may be to its owner a blessing or a curse. Alas! I fear it is too often the latter. It… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit, and not give the bread of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Each reaching and aspiration is an instinct with which all nature consists and cöoperates, and therefore it is not in vain. But… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame. Your banner's… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
I think FDR was very dashing and charming and debonair, and probably reminded her of her father. A great bon-vivant. He loved… — Blanche Wiesen Cook Copy Share Image
The year is ended, and it only adds to my age; Spring has come, but I must take leave of my home.… — Su Ting Copy Share Image
The night is dark, the waters deep, Yet soft the billows roll; Alas! at every breeze I weep — The storm is… — Helen Maria Williams Copy Share Image
Any extreme political creed brought only darkness in the long run; it lit up nothing. The best politics were those of caution,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a… — Aubrey Beardsley Copy Share Image
I loved a lass, a fair one,As fair as e'er was seen;She was indeed a rare one,Another Sheba queen:But, fool as then… — George Wither Copy Share Image
Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature, that, when the heart is touched and softened by some tranquil happiness… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Alas, passion is conducive to certain other things because when you have too much passion and you have too much work, you… — Manolo Blahnik 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
The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Our moods do not believe in each other. To-day I am full of thoughts, and can write what I please. I see… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Behold a silly tender babe,In freezing winter night,In homely manger trembling lies;Alas! a piteous sight. — Robert Southwell 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
It's the problem with age. You have all these rusty arguments, and no quarrel to use them in. My brain is a… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
