Dreads Quotes
43 quotes by 40 authors
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There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.
— Henry Fielding
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Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in…
— Alexander Pope
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Who knows when the end is reached? Death may be the beginning of life. How do I know that love of life is not a…
— Zhuangzi
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Freud says, Man fears that his strength will be taken from him by woman, dreads becoming infected with her femininity and then proving himself a…
— Camille Paglia
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The burnt child dreads the fire.
— Ben Jonson
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I have outlived that care that curries public favour or dreads the public frown…let the hand of law strike me down if it will, but…
— Ned Kelly
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A burnt child dreads the fire.
— Aleister Crowley
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Greatly his foes he dreads, but more his friends; He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
— Charles Churchill
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Anyone who's a parent dreads that call in the middle of the night. I have four grown children and I still dread it.
— Tony Dungy
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We create an image of who we are inside our self. The image then becomes very deeply entrenched, and it becomes the thing that we…
— Douglas Hofstadter
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The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
— Horatio Nelson
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
— Seneca the Younger
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A poet articulating the dreads and horrors of our time is necessary in order to make readers understand what is happening, really understand it, not…
— Denise Levertov
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You allow a horse to make mistakes, the horse will learn from mistakes no different than the human. But you can't get him to where…
— Buck Brannaman
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After going to war against the U.N.'s expressed wishes, the U.S. is now admitting it needs the U.N.'s help. It's the geopolitical equivalent of the…
— Jon Stewart
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The skin of the coward changes color all the time, he can't get a grip on himself, he can't sit still, he squats and rocks,…
— Homer
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... the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided…
— Aldous Huxley
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Swag defines an artist, period. Lil Wayne has his super-tattooed pierces and dreads swag. Jay-Z has his New York, grown man, Beyonce and 40/40 Club…
— Soulja Boy
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I look forward to change, but there is a part of me that absolutely dreads it.
— Erica Durance
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The wolf dreads the pitfall, the hawk suspects the snare, and the kite the covered hook.
— Horace
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