Curses Quotes

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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. — Saint Basil
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings. — Ezra Taft Benson
I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's… — Ambrose Bierce
Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. — William S. Burroughs
Just as an octopus may have his den in some ocean cave, and come floating out a silent image of horror to attack a swimmer,… — Arthur Conan Doyle
That's one of the greatest curses ever inflicted on the human race, memory. — Ovid
And could I look upon her without compassion, seeing her punishment in the ruin she was, in her profound unfitness for this earth on which… — Charles Dickens
A mind is accustomed to mathematical deduction, when confronted with the faulty foundations of astrology, resists a long, long time, like an obstinate mule, until… — Johannes Kepler
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries. Besides the fanatical frenzy which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in… — Winston Churchill
You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our… — William Tecumseh Sherman
Sophisticated ignorance, write my curses in cursive. — Kanye West
Can't we just pursue our lives With our children and our wives Till that happy day arrives How do you ignore All the witches All… — Stephen Sondheim
That is one of the bitter curses of poverty; it leaves no right to be generous. — George Gissing
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. — Susanna Moodie
For five years we never went outside our doors without a volley of curses from our neighbours. — Charles Studd
I'm not a guy who curses very much in my personal life. When I curse it sounds like a kid trying to be cool. But… — Justin Halpern
Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. — William Shakespeare
All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people — Henry Adams
[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected… — Saint Basil
A shivery, delicious Southern Gothic with feuding families, dark spirits, ancient curses and caught up in the middle, a young girl learning to live and… — Leah Cypess

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