Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun. — Edward Young Copy Share Image
magic persists without us no matter what we may do to try to spoil it — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“We make our own symbols, after the event has passed and begun to spoil.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate. — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
On a beautiful day like this it would be best to stay in bed so you wouldn't get up and spoil it! — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
If a thief helps a poor man out of the spoils of his thieving, we must not call that charity. — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times. — Connie Brockway Copy Share Image
True power comes when others offer it to you and you merely accept it as a gift, not as the spoils of… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Yeah, well, it’s what happens when we spoil the things we love. They don’t always understand the boundaries and their ridiculous wants… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
Mrs. Pang was once a nanny for me, and she spoils me the way I imagined kindhearted women would spoil an orphan,… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
God comes right out and tells us why he gives us more money than we need. It's not so we can find… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In life you must often choose between getting a job done or getting credit for it. In science, the most important thing… — Leo Szilard Copy Share Image
The love of admiration leads to fraud, much more than the love of commendation; but, on the other hand, the latter is… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
The works of Mozart may be easy to read, but they are very difficult to interpret. The least speck of dust spoils… — Wanda Landowska Copy Share Image
Just as one spoils the stomach by overfeeding and thereby impairs the whole body, so can one overload and choke the mind… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them… — William Penn Copy Share Image
In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond all human… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
If you love Alex now, then love him forever. Make him laugh again, and cherish the time you spend together. Take walks… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
A great number of those working for liberal causes are not only shy but borderline collusive. They want change to happen nicely,… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
“Ideas and philosophies have a shelf-life. They must be kept fresh and renewed or they will spoil. If left unattended, the same… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
There are some monuments where the land is so widespread, they just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“And your doubt can become a good quality if you train it. It must become knowing , it must become criticism. Ask… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Don't set out to teach theism from your natural history... You spoil both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have very primitive emotions,” he said . “It's impossible not to be competitive. Spoils everything, though. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
