Bane Quotes

83 Bane quotes by 58 unique authors

Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for it affords as much discontentment in enjoying as in want, making men like poisoned rats, which, when… — Joseph Hall
Intemperance is the plaque of sensuality, and temperance is not its bane but its seasoning. — Michel de Montaigne
[Sherlock Holmes:] The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession. — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is a singular capriciousness of the human mind, that after all the admonitions we have had from experience on this head, there should still… — Alexander Hamilton
Tedium is the bane of immortality. — Neil Lowe
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. — Olusegun Obasanjo
O Love! thou bane of the most generous souls! Thou doubtful pleasure, and thou certain pain. — George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne
What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone. — Bias of Priene
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. — Walter Savage Landor
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization — Franz Boas
Legalized abortion is a national holocaust; an affront to our national character; a contradiction of established principles subscribed to from the beginning of Western Civilization;… — Chuck Baldwin
World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Only love for Christ has the power to incapacitate the sturdy love for self that is the bane of every sinner, and only the grace… — Paul David Tripp
Nostalgia is the bane of rock 'n' roll. He had the courage to let it all hang out. ... He was a considerable talent. — Jim DeRogatis
I 'm weary of conjectures,-this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me:… — Joseph Addison
Creeds have been the bane of the Christian church ... made of Christendom a slaughter-house. — Thomas Jefferson
And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage… — Dorothy Dunnett
The bane of sects, especially in Bengal, is that if any one happens to have a different opinion, he immediately starts a new sect, he… — Swami Vivekananda
Fake food -- I mean those patented substances chemically flavored and mechanically bulked out to kill the appetite and deceive the gut -- is unnatural,… — Julia Child
Corruption is the bane of Nigeria. Buhari is against corruption. Buhari is not corrupt. He is very clean and disciplined. Election rigging is worse than… — Tam David-West
Power, like a desolating pestilence, Pollutes whate'er it touches; and obedience, Bane of all genius, virtue, freedom, truth, Makes slaves of men, and of the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Playing a fashion designer could be the bane of my existence because I am married to a fashion designer. — Lori Loughlin
I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do - I just go hit… — Brett Hull
. . . well publicized facts are always the bane to the mind controllers. — Joost Meerloo
Colonialism is a terrible bane for a people upon whom it is imposed, but a blessing for a language. English's drive to exploit the new… — Yann Martel

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