Creatures Quotes

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What women would do if they could not cry, nobody knows. What poor, defenceless creatures they would be! — Douglas William Jerrold
O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to… — William Shakespeare
The most effective way to silence our guilty conscience is to convince ourselves and others that those we have sinned against are indeed depraved creatures,… — Eric Hoffer
The devil personifies not the nature that is around us but the nature that is within us- the infinitely ferocious and cunning prehuman creature that… — Eric Hoffer
Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair to admit that… — Oscar Wilde
Beautiful in form and feature, lovely as the day, can there be so fair a creature formed of common clay? — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men… — Charles Dickens
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.… — Thomas Carlyle
Some tribes [of monkeys] have taken to washing potatoes in the river before eating them, others have not. Sometimes migrating groups of potato-washers meet non-washers,… — Arthur Koestler
The man who submits to violence is debased by his compliance; but when he submits to that right of authority which he acknowledges in a… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table. — George Herbert
Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust. — Alexander Pope
The stars were my best friends. The air was full of legends and phantoms, full of mythical and fairy tale creatures, which suddenly flew away… — Marc Chagall
How can we speak of right and justice if we take an innocent creature and shed its blood? How can we pray to God for… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
For I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature!... A man of mediocre talents… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
We make our customs lightly; once made, like our sins, they grip us in bands of steel; we become the creatures of our creation. — Charles W. Chesnutt
Man is not intended to see through the eyes of another, hear through another's ears nor comprehend with another's brain. Each human creature has individual… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
We are largely the playthings of our fears. To one, fear of the dark; to another, of physical pain; to a third, of public ridicule;… — Horace Walpole
Every victory of man over man has in itself a taste of defeat.... There is no essential difference between the various human groups, creatures whose… — Freya Stark
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific community… — Jon Stewart

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