Creatures Quotes

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All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn. — Iris Murdoch
Sin may then be defined ultimately as anything in the creature which does not express, or which is contrary to, the holy character of the… — J. Oliver Buswell
Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to eat… — James F. Cooper
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive,… — William Cowper
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
God forbids suicide, and is unwilling that his creatures should destroy themselves. — Anatole France
Angels are unsatisfiable in their longing to do by all means all manner of good unto all the creatures, ...especially the children of men. — Richard Hooker
Remember that even if you were to live for three thousand years, or thirty thousand, you could not lose any other life than the one… — Marcus Aurelius
As I hold the flower in my hand and think of trying to describe it, I realize how poor a creature I am, how impotent… — Celia Thaxter
A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature. — M.F.K. Fisher
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to… — Karen Horney
Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this… — William E. Gladstone
Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A greater number of God's creatures believe in Mahomet's word at this hour than in any other word whatever. Are we to suppose that it… — Thomas Carlyle
To be shelterless and alone in the open country, hearing the wind moan and watching for day through the whole long weary night; to listen… — Charles Dickens
True evangelical faith, cannot lie dormant, it clothes the naked, it feeds the hungry, it comforts the sorrowful, it shelters the destitute, it serves those… — Menno Simons
Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some… — Philip James Bailey
Saint George killed the last dragon, and he was called a hero for it. I've never seen a dragon, and I wish he would have… — A. Whitney Brown
Many animals even now spring out of the soil, Coalescing from the rains and the heat of the sun. Small wonder, then, if more and… — Lucretius
American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central… — Henry Adams

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