Cannot Bear Quotes

123 quotes by 111 authors

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
Those who have chosen the path of least resistance in life, who cannot bear to bring themselves to make a stern value-judgment in criticism of… — Kenny Smith
Atheism is a crutch for those who cannot bear the reality of God. — Tom Stoppard
True gardeners cannot bear a glove Between the sure touch and the tender root. — May Sarton
We cannot bear to regard ourselves simply as playthings of blind chance, we cannot admit to feeling ourselves abandoned. — Ugo Betti
Poor human nature cannot bear such strains as heavenly triumphs bring to it; there must come a reaction. Excess of joy or excitement must be… — Charles Spurgeon
Human kind cannot bear much reality. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Awake! thou that sleepest, arise from the dead! The Lord still lives today. His power has never abated. His Word has never changed. The things… — Aimee Semple McPherson
Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the… — Toni Morrison
Young horses who cannot bear the whip or spur find life hard. At every smart they start forward and rush to their destruction, and when… — Selma LagerlÃ¶f
If I stop making films, I will die. I can tell myself that one day I will stop living. But I cannot bear the fact… — Catherine Breillat
Since Steve Jobs died I cannot bear to see anyone use an iPhone irreverently, what I did was a tribute to his memory. — Russell Brand
My existence from day to day has become a matter of averting my eyes, of cringing. Death is the only truth left. Death is what… — J M Coetzee
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou… — Seneca the Younger
I have shed pewter tears! It is too melancholy! Rather let me go to the wars and lose arms and legs! It would at least… — Hans Christian Andersen
A private man, however successful in his own dealing, if his country perish is involved in her destruction; but if he be an unprosperous citizen… — Thucydides
You know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I cannot bear. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated this way: when… — Mencius
I cannot bear to associate with the ordinary run of people. I have to surround myself with individuals who for the most part are more… — Wallace Thurman
We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. — Andrew Solomon

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