Blest Quotes

76 quotes by 48 authors

Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To digg the dust encloased heare! Blest be the man that spares thes stones, And curst be he that… — William Shakespeare
The character truest to itself becomes eccentric rather than immovably centered, as Emerson defined the noble character of the hero. At the edge, the certainty… — James Hillman
Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes: the glorious fault of angels and of gods. — Alexander Pope
When such as I cast out remorse; So great a sweetness flows into the breast; We must laugh and we must sing, We are blest… — William Butler Yeats
What know we of the Blest above but that they sing, and that they love? — William Wordsworth
Oh! be thou blest with all that Heaven can send, Long health, long youth, long pleasure-and a friend. — Alexander Pope
Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! — Alexander Pope
My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with… — Robert Burns
Your lines, I maintain it, are poetry, and good poetry.... Friendship... had I been so blest as to have met with you in time, might… — Robert Burns
Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God. The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is Christ's abode. — John Keble
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst not judge fully of a man's life before he dieth, whether it should be… — Sophocles
Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest,… — John Donne
Blest is that government where no art thrives. — Thomas Nashe
A Christian's authenticity is show in difficult hours it is in difficult hours that the church grows in authenticity. Blest be God for this difficult… — Oscar Romero
The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for… — Edmund Waller
I would not change my blest estate for all the world calls good or great. — Isaac Watts
Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. — Robert Burns
When I consider life, 't is all a cheat. Yet fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay. To-morrow… — John Dryden
If soul my look and body touch, Which is the more blest? — William Butler Yeats
Here is a little mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul… — Elizabeth Prentiss

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