Amiss Quotes

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One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss. — Wendell Berry
In human affairs, we accomplish everything through prayer. What has been properly arranged, we keep in order, what has gone amiss we improve or change,… — Martin Luther
Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of… — Joshua Slocum
I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem… — Vincent de Paul
What's amiss I'll strive to mend,And endure what can't be mended. — Isaac Watts
If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of… — Lajos Kossuth
Nothing comes amiss, so money comes withal. — William Shakespeare
An educator should think of a child as a garderner thinks of a plant, as something to be made to grow by having the right… — Bertrand Russell
Indeed a good quotation hardly ever comes amiss. It is a pleasing break in the thread of a speech or writing, allowing the speaker or… — William Francis Henry King
It is characteristic of spontaneous friendship to take on first, without enquiry and almost at first sight, the unseen doings and unspoken sentiments of our… — George Santayana
Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss. — Blaise Pascal
Among precautions against ambition, it may not be amiss to take precautions against our own. I must fairly say, I dread our own power and… — Edmund Burke
Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890 It is… — John Henry Newman
O ye powers that search The heart of man, and weigh his inmost thoughts, If I have done amiss, impute it not! The best may… — Joseph Addison
What you feel is wrong or missing in your relationships is an indication that something is amiss within you. — Wayne Dyer
Terence, this is stupid stuff: You eat your victuals fast enough; There can't be much amiss, 'tis clear, To see the rate you drink your… — A. E. Housman
Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what… — Donald Rumsfeld
Since Madonna is positioned as always 'cooler than thou,' we all are primed for schadenfreude if something in her fabulous life goes amiss. — Naomi Wolf
It would seem that emotions are the curse, not death-emotions that appear to have developed upon a few freaks as a special curse from Malevolence.… — Annie Dillard
It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. He had tried to do all… — Stephen King

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