Careless Quotes

294 quotes by 240 authors

You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit. — Martial
Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do not flaunt it. Laugh a little and teach your men… — Winston Churchill
We are violets blue, For our sweetness found Careless in the mossy shades, Looking on the ground. Love's dropp'd eyelids and a kiss,-- Such our… — Leigh Hunt
A careless shoe string, in whose tie I see a wilde civility. — Robert Herrick
He is a Patron who looks down, / With careless eyes on men who drown; / But if they chance to reach the land, /… — Henry Austin Dobson
A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not mis-become a monarch. — Horace Walpole
Where once my careless childhood strayed, / A stranger yet to pain. — Thomas Gray
Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which appear careless, and… — Joshua Reynolds
Artists are often poignantly careless about making and keeping friends. — Eric Maisel
The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And… — Unknown Author
Do not spend in excess like one who is careless of what is good, nor be miserly; the mean is best in every case. — Pythagoras
The weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community. In a republic like ours the governing class is composed… — Theodore Roosevelt
We must face the fact that many today are notoriously careless in their living. This attitude finds its way into the church. We have liberty,… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this war we shall… — Thomas Jefferson
The human race has today the means for annihilating itself--either in a fit of complete lunacy, i.e., in a big war...or by the careless handling… — Max Born
Galvanized people can do careless things. It is in the extreme and emotion-laden moments that distance and coolness are most required. I am tempted to… — George Friedman
Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless… — Marcus Brigstocke
There is nothing men are so anxious to keep, and yet are so careless about, as life. — Jean de la Bruyere
Where dost thou careless lie, Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die; And this security, It is the common moth, That eats… — Ben Jonson
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, Thy hair soft-lifted… — John Keats

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