Dreadful Quotes

340 quotes by 263 authors

There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty. — John Steinbeck
â€¦So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living… — John Dryden
It is a sad thing to think of, but there is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty. That accounts for the fact that… — Oscar Wilde
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time. — Lewis Carroll
There is more beauty in truth, even if it is a dreadful beauty. The storytellers at the city gate twist life so that it looks… — John Steinbeck
Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need… — Nhat Hanh
I have a dark and dreadful secret. I write poetry... I believe poetry is a primal impulse within all of us. I believe we are… — Stephen Fry
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful… — John Milton
Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The more one analyses people, the more all reasons for analysis disappear. Sooner or later one comes to that dreadful universal thing called human nature. — Oscar Wilde
With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Friar Hugo, old friend, brace yourself. I am the bearer of tragic news!" Alarm spread across Hugo's pudgy features. "Tell me, Jess. What dreadful thing… — Brian Jacques
War is not heroic. War is not exhilarating. War is full of despair. It is dark. It is dreadful. It is a thing of sorrow… — Tite Kubo
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It… — Kay Redfield Jamison
How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules. — Caroline Stevermer
I've never created a riot before. I did cause a brawl at the last formal. A large number of young women there actually arrived with… — Ilona Andrews
Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance… — Oscar Wilde
I know the night is not the same as the day: that all things are different, that the things of the night cannot be explained… — Ernest Hemingway
Everything ends, and Everything matters. Everything matters not in spite of the end of you and all that you love, but because of it. Everything… — Ron Currie Jr.
Nothing is more dreadful than a cold, unimpassioned indulgence. And love infallibly becomes cold and unimpassioned when it is too lightly made. — Aldous Huxley

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