Betrays Quotes

122 quotes by 110 authors

When the soul betrays itself and loses the blessed and longed-for fervor, let it carefully investigate the reason for losing it. And let it arm… — John Climacus
Anyone who claims that all religions are the same betrays not only an ignorance of all religions but also a caricatured view of even the… — Ravi Zacharias
But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people, towards a political… — James Madison
To forge an untouchable, invulnerable identity is actually a sign of retreat from this world; of weakness, a sign of fear rather than strength, and… — David Whyte
It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do. — Barack Obama
Art, in other words, betrays a sexy mental fitness. — Sam Kean
I think every doctor should know the shocking state of affairs...We discovered they (the FDA) failed to effectively regulate the large manufacturers and powerful interests… — Edward V. Long
Link is a quiet man to meet- easy and courteous. His music, though, betrays that deep inside he gets very very mean very often. I… — Pete Townshend
In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as… — Edmund White
Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of being. — Paul de Man
... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail,… — Sara Gruen
The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence. — Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
The desire to create continually is vulgar and betrays jealousy, envy, ambition. If one is something one really does not need to make anything --and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false. The one guards virtue, the other betrays it. — Joseph Addison
Patriotism in America, as I understand it, is a matter of suffering, when the country fails to live up to its promises, or actively betrays… — Greil Marcus
The fearful face usually betrays great guilt. — Seneca the Younger
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule. Anger is an uncontrollable feeling that betrays what you are when you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Virtue and sense are one; and, trust me, still A faithless heart betrays the head unsound. — John Armstrong
Ford Motor Company's sluggish and piecemeal approach to its automotive responsibilities betrays motorists' safety. — Ralph Nader

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