Departed Quotes

107 quotes by 93 authors

Offerings to propitiate the dead then were regarded as belonging to the class of funeral sacrifices, and these are idolatry. Idolatry, in fact, is a… — Tertullian
I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would… — Joan of Arc
The world so quickly adjusts itself after any loss, that the return of the departed would nearly always throw it, even the circle most interested,… — Charles Dudley Warner
Life itself is but the shadow of death, and souls departed but the shadows of the living. — Thomas Browne
But a short time elapsed after the death of the great reformer of the Jewish religion, before his principles were departed from by those who… — Thomas Jefferson
Tears fell from my eyes - yes, weak and foolish as it now appears to me, I wept for my departed youth; and for that… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
He then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain. — Jane Austen
Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world. — Jean Paul
When mourning the loss of our departed friends, I cannot help but think that in every death there is a birth; the spirit leaves the… — Wilford Woodruff
The way in which men cling to old institutions after the life has departed out of them, and out of themselves, reminds me of those… — Henry David Thoreau
The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment… — Jean Baudrillard
Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain. — Sophocles
Once you abstract from this, once you generalize and postulate Universals, you have departed from the creative reality, and entered the realm of static fixity,… — D. H. Lawrence
She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible… — Susan Wiggs
From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul… — Frederick Douglass
I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that… — Frederick Douglass
It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery, to the heaven of slavery. My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its… — Frederick Douglass
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice,… — Benedict of Nursia
So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by. — Jonathan Stroud

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