Conquests Quotes
51 Conquests quotes by 43 unique authors
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Come, and see the victories of the cross. Christ's wounds are thy healings, His agonies thy repose, His conflicts thy conquests, His groans thy songs,…
— Matthew Henry
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When the white race broke out of Europe 500 years ago, it did many astounding things all over the globe. Inspired by a raging sky-god,…
— Gore Vidal
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In a general view, there are few conquests that repay the charge of making them, and mankind are pretty well convinced that it can never…
— Thomas Paine
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Strauss admits to being obsessed by his mother's rejection, and with the resultant rents in self-esteem. The Game echoes with disturbingly abusive comments leveled at…
— Antonella Gambotto-Burke
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Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests.
— Louisa May Alcott
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The only true conquests-those that awaken no regrets- are those obtained over our ignorance.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Everest is regarded as one of, if not the most challenging of human conquests. I was passionate about climbing and a great believer that one…
— Omar Samra
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Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.
— Charles Lindbergh
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There is a kind of expressed love which is easy to subvert. When a figure is loved for their deeds, their conquests, their heroism, their…
— Ben Okri
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It is common knowledge that no man that women flock to boasts of his conquests. Those who do, lie.
— Isabel Allende
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Every woman should have a daughter to tell her stories to. Otherwise, the lessons learned are as useless as spare buttons from a discarded shirt.…
— Karen White
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Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The technique of a great seducer requires a facility and an indifference in passing from one object of affection to another which I could never…
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Daring is the price of progress. All splendid conquests are the prize of boldness, more or less.
— Victor Hugo
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The weight of the world is on our shoulders, its vision is through our eyes; if we blink or look aside, or turn back to…
— Virginia Woolf
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Still, being fragile creatures, humans always try to hide from themselves the certainty that they will die. They do not see that it is death…
— Paulo Coelho
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It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be left alone; lest…
— H P Lovecraft
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You must be Warden Ramirez." This is the part where I got nervous. Ramirez loved women. Ramirez never shut up about women. Well, he never…
— Jim Butcher
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In our new age of terrifying, lethal gadgets, which supplanted so swiftly the old one, the first great aggressive war, if it should come, will…
— William L. Shirer
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The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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Mark! Where his carnage and his conquests cease, He makes a solitude and calls it-peace!
— Lord Byron
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Man has now become an adjunct to perfect and carry forward these conquests.
— Albert Claude
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Don't tell her about your past conquests (real or imagined). She will not be impressed hearing about how much you've scored. She won't want to…
— Superman
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The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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