PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“disease that was in Mexico during the 16th century,” Acuña-Soto said. “This sounded like a hemorrhagic fever. So if the Spanish didn’t… — Linda Marsa Copy Share Image
That someone would want another human being to suffer, or would even tolerate the idea, for committing no crime at all but… — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and… — Yayoi Kusama Copy Share Image
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Homosexuality is the sexual plague of a monogamous society gone promiscuous. These societies that sow the winds of heterosexual freedom ironically reap… — John W. Miller Copy Share Image
Maybe someday it will seem quaint that, during a time of plague, some of the parents of the 1990s wanted to deny… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“Every war, every plague is God’s judgment. But every man who rises up to stop the wars and the plagues is God’s… — John Kramer Copy Share Image
“[Pope] Clement waved his hands in irritation as if to dismiss the very idea. "The world is crumbling into ruin. Armies are… — Iain Pears Copy Share Image
We must understand the role of human rights as empowering of individuals and communities. By protecting these rights, we can help prevent… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
In time, [a Martian] colony would grow to the point of being self- sustaining. When this stage was reached, humanity would have… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
The various systems of doctrine that have held dominion over man have been demonstrated to be true beyond all question by rationalists… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
I have a confession to make. Yesterday, I was responsible for the deaths of millions of Britons. What happened is that MI5… — Mark Lawson Copy Share Image
“That it is at least as difficult to stay a moral infection as a physical one; that such a disease will spread… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
And yet our distress comes from no failure of substance. We are stricken by no plague of locusts. Compared with the perils… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
All the contagion of the south light on you, You shames of Rome! you herd of--boils and plagues Plaster you o'er; that… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
We need a plague. It's gotta happen. And don't worry, it's only gonna kill the weak. Seriously. Put on a sweater, take… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
The Book of Revelation is the strangest book in the Bible, and the most controversial. Instead of stories and moral teaching, it… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
According to his dad's journal, vampires had been through some of the worst epidemics in history. And apparently, during the days of… — Heather Brewer Copy Share Image
What so pure, which envious tongues will spare? Some wicked wits have libell'd all the fair, With matchless impudence they style a… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other. They are worse than ever when,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Every country must have its own devil. Welshland its own, and France its own. Our German devil will be a good wind-pipe,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Death moved in the night, in search for blood, and when it found Life, it passed on by, like a cloud that… — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
The twentieth century ended with its dreams in ruins. The notion of the community as a voluntary association of enlightened citizens has… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The essential is to go on squirming forever at the end of the line, as long as there are waters and banks… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“The plague spread and moved on. In the whole world only a few people were able to save themselves: the pure and… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The Athenians regularly maintained a number of degraded and useless beings at the public expense; and when any calamity, such as plague,… — James G. Frazer Copy Share Image
We'de have to get in and get out the hard way; and if we made a mistake, there was no telling what… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The impious man, who sells his country's freedom Makes all the guilt of tyranny his own. His are her slaughters, her oppressions… — Henry Martyn Copy Share Image
Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
“Genocide is the foulest plague known to the world, and I offer you my apologies , that you have found yourself alone… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
The ideal of self-advancement which the civilizing west offers to backward populations brings with it the plague of individual frustration. All the… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home… — Casey Stengel Copy Share Image
The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
There is not the slightest question but that the God of the Old Testament is a jealous, vengeful God, inflicting not only… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
![“[Pope] Clement waved his hands in irritation as if to dismiss the very idea. "The world is crumbling into ruin. Armies are marching. Men and women are dying everywhere, in huge numbers. Fields are abandoned and towns deserted. The wrath of the Lord is upon us and He may be intending to destroy the…” quote by Iain Pears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/iain-pears-9652_chaos_pope-clement-waved-his-hands-in-irritati_2303657.jpg)
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