Phocion compared the speeches of Leosthenes to cypress-trees. "They are tall," said he, "and comely, but bear no fruit." — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned. — Ugo Betti Copy Share Image
In the embers shining bright A garden grows for thy delight, With roses yellow, red, and white. But, O my child, beware,… — Richard Watson Gilder Copy Share Image
The work of a garden bears visible fruits-in a world where most of our labours seem suspiciously meaningless. — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he… — Philibert Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
Wealth and vegetation go together, and that exacerbates environmental injustice. The poor bear the burden of degraded environments. — Natalie Jeremijenko Copy Share Image
This (French-Kissing) is a really sexy thing to do, according to the French people, although you should bear in mind that they… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
All of women's aspirations--whether for education, work, or any form of self-determination--ultimately rest on their ability to decide whether and when to… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
I followed your footsteps," he said, in answer to the unspoken question. "Snow makes it easy." I had been tracked, like a… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
The same suffering is much harder to bear for a high motive than for a base one. The people [during World War… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Man, Wren. I’m impressed. No woman ever sent flowers to thank me. (Serre) Don’t be that impressed. I’m thinking she didn’t send… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking.… — George Henry Borrow Copy Share Image
It was love, she thought, love that never clutch its object; but, like the love which mathematicians bear their symbols, or poets… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
If your men grow weary of the work or balk at obedience, you must bear with them. Get what you can gently… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Whatever troubles may be before you, accept them bravely, remembering Whom you are trying to follow. Do not be afraid. Love one… — Mary MacKillop Copy Share Image
There are some persons who are content with everything and others who are scarcely content with anything. These latter need patience to… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Scholasticism, a concept which does not bear criticism, is a theological concept specifically designed to sustain faith in the immortality of the… — Miguel de Unamuno Copy Share Image
Sometimes it felt as if all happiness came at a price. You could never, ever, have perfection. Life gave you beauty so… — Ann Aguirre Copy Share Image
If you are not willing to take the shame on yourself, you then let it remain on Jesus Christ. You must bear… — Mordecai Copy Share Image
I would die rather than live without you. I would die the same way he died. I can't bear you to look… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
The businessman is only tolerable so long as his gains can be held to bear some relation to what, roughly and in… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others… — Sarah Fielding Copy Share Image
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and this without any qualification as to their… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
Everybody is dealing with how much of their own aliveness they can bear and how much they need to anesthetize themselves. — Adam Phillips Copy Share Image
Not to be afflicted is a sign of weakness; for, therefore God imposeth no more on me, because He sees I can… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
The leader is a person who has the possibility through destiny to know the people, to recognize their capacities, and to bring… — Arthur Zajonc Copy Share Image
Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Thank you Mama for the nine months you carried me through/…No one knows the pressure you bear a just only you. — Sizzla Copy Share Image
There is no one to tell this to and yet it seems very important to get this right. The reality and what… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
Life sometimes brings enormous difficulties and challenges that seem just too hard to bear. But bear them you can, and bear them… — Barbara Walters Copy Share Image
Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not; finish a job once it's started; carry money without… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness. — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
If there is a load you have to bear that you can't carry, I'm right up the road. I'll share your load… — Bill Withers Copy Share Image
And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
Modern war appears as a struggle led by all the State apparatuses and their general staffs against all men old enough to… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t about believing this or that, it wasn’t about good and evil and right and wrong, it was about finding the… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
And in an issue with this kind of concern to a committee that bears the oversight responsibility, I think you can see… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, And they tell in a garland their loves and cares; Each blossom that blooms in… — James Gates Percival Copy Share Image
For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem Rufe.] — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
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