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
Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will! — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Alas, so all things now do hold their peace: Heaven and earth disturbed in no thing: The beasts, the air, the birds… — Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Copy Share Image
If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
The natural idealism of youth is an idealism, alas, for which we do not always provide as many outlets as we should. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always. — Teresa Nielsen Hayden 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
It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are,… — Albert Einstein 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
It is a most curious experience for a man of seventy-two to be confronted with the greenhorn enthusiasms of his youth. Young… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
It is not the weariness of mortality, but the strength of divinity, which we have to recognize in all mighty things; and… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Think not you are charitable if the love of Jesus and His brethren be not purely the motive of your gifts. Alas!… — Hugh Reginald Haweis Copy Share Image
One man envies the success in life of another, and hates him in secret; nor is he willing to give him good… — Herodotus Copy Share Image
... the yearly expenses of the existing religious systemexceed in these United States twenty millions of dollars. Twenty millions! For teaching what?… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
Shall we all be saved? Shall we go to Heaven? Alas, my children, we do not know at all! But I tremble… — John Vianney 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
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. Alas, the heart hardens as the blood ceases to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
alas! there is no casting anchor in the stream of time! — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington 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 temps Les Petits ont pati des sottises des grands.]” quote by Jean de La Fontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/jean-de-la-fontaine-2320_alas_alas-we-see-that-the-small-have-always-s_1318260.jpg)
