Befall Quotes

112 quotes by 100 authors

ClichÃ©s so often befall vain people. — Ann Beattie
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. — Euripides
Vous eprouves trop d'emotion, Hastings, It affects your hands and your wits. Is that a way to fold a coat? And regard what you have… — Agatha Christie
Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this moment right now. I don't care. I don't… — Craig Silvey
In all the ills that befall us, we are more concerned by the intention than the result. A tile that falls off a roof may… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods: I… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
We are what we imagine. Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves. Our best destiny is to imagine, at least, completely, who and… — N. Scott Momaday
The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is. — James Carlos Blake
The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes. — Leonardo da Vinci
In the Old Language, she hissed, â€œIf any harm shall befall him, I will come after you, and find you where you sleep. I do… — J R Ward
And I saw that truly nothing happens by accident or luck, but everything by God's wise providence. If it seems to be accident or luck… — Julian of Norwich
Nobody's going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself, whether you're rich or poor, out of money or raking it… — Cheryl Strayed
Our lives are marked and shaped by our regrets. Things we all want to take back and canâ€™t. In a perfect world, we would never… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
"In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life~~no disgrace, no calamity (leaving me my… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam - good people,… — Gore Vidal
I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall… — Stephen Hawking
To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money. — Henry Rollins
In the early days of the New England colonies, no more embarrassing or hampering condition, no greater temporal ill, could befall any adult Puritan than… — Alice Morse Earle
I lost my sleep, and this is the greatest tragedy that can befall someone. It is much worse than sitting in prison. — Emil Cioran
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you. — Phaedrus

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