Amiss Quotes

66 quotes by 60 authors

All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying. — Richard Barnfield
Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. — Edmund Burke
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss,… — Miguel de Cervantes
We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable… — Charlotte Bunch
On a flight of emotion there's wonder and bliss, but beware of a landing that may go amiss. — Wes Fesler
(The difficulty over the question of eternal torments lies in) how it is irreconcilable with the Goodness of God, to put any Persons at all… — Samuel Clarke
Something had gone amiss with men, and the weak ones were dangerous. — Thomas McGuane
He who seeks the Father more than anything He can give, is likely to have what he asks, for he is not likely to ask… — George MacDonald
For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little… — Edward Dowden
When I'm stuck in my writing, the world is amiss. If I'm eating a sandwich, it's an unsettled sandwich. If I'm in the shower, it's… — Melissa Rosenberg
A ballad once in a while doesn't go amiss — Chrissie Hynde
You say, "Where goest Thou?" I cannot tell, And still go on. But if the way be straight I cannot go amiss: before me lies… — Victor Hugo
What with our hooks, snares, nets, and dogs, we are at war with all living creatures, and nothing comes amiss but that which is either… — Seneca the Younger
Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy burden and thy… — Henry Van Dyke
I think we could do with being a little more adventurous in certain areas and push on that little bit more, while a bit of… — Steven Gerrard
O soul, be patient: thou shalt find A little matter mend all this; Some strain of music to thy mind, Some praise for skill not… — Robert Bridges
Were I to pray for a taste which should stand me in good stead under every variety of circumstances and be a source of happiness… — John Herschel
All in the dark we grope along, And if we go amiss We learn at least which path is wrong, And there is gain in… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention:… — William Shakespeare
We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us. — A. N. Wilson

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