Devour Quotes

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Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. — Honore de Balzac
The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection. — Henry Ward Beecher
Nothing is more despicable than the old age of a passionate man. When the vigour of youth fails him, and his amusements pall with frequent… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The animals you eat are not those who devour others; you do not eat the carnivorous beasts, you take them as your pattern. You only… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Nature exists for man no more than she does for monkeys, and is as regardless of his life or pleasure or success as she is… — John Burroughs
In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before… — Pope Francis
I love books where you can't get out of bed. You want to consume them in one sitting, devour them. Those are my favorites, where… — Rachel McAdams
Just as any revolution eats its children, unchecked market fundamentalism can devour the social capital essential for the long-term dynamism of capitalism itself. — Mark Carney
Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture,… — Jim Jarmusch
I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up fears on some… — William J. Clinton
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him,… — Saint Peter
Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair; Dust hath closed Helen's eye. — Thomas Nashe
If I leave, reality will devour me. Then they will all really be dead. — Asne Seierstad
Many of us are hunting mice - while lions devour the land. — Leonard Ravenhill
Ruthless man: you begin by slaying the animal and then you devour it, as if to slay it twice. It is not enough. You turn… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Only remember this: to seek justice is a good and noble thing, to seek revenge out of hatred is something that will devour your very… — James Mace
You should never put the new antlers of a deer to your nose and smell them. They have little insects that crawl into the nose… — Yoshida Kenko
We fly; we dream in darkness; we devour heaven in bites too small to be measured. — Rebecca Solnit
What man with a human heart, who has ever cared for domestic animals, could look into their eyes, so full of confidence and affection, and… — Ellen G. White
These symbolize (Proverbs 30:14) the greedy and usurers whose teeth are swords and knifes which they use to devour the poor and steal their megger… — Anthony of Padua

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