Extinguished Quotes

138 quotes by 126 authors

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished. — Francis Bacon
In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's… — Charles Kendall Adams
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. — Edmund Burke
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. — Edmund Burke
Tolerance - the function of an extinguished ardor - tolerance cannot seduce the young. — Emile M. Cioran
Here are lips of flame eager to be extinguished by love's liquid sigh. — Aberjhani
The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the… — Saint John Chrysostom
Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened… — Viktor E. Frankl
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished — Nelson Mandela
The lights of stars that were extinguished ages ago still reaches us. So it is with great men who died centuries ago, but still reach… — Khalil Gibran
When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with him.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How many worthy men have we known to survive their own reputation, who have seen and suffered the honor and glory most justly acquired in… — Michel de Montaigne
But we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. ... I… — Michele Bachmann
It is easy to make light of insistence on scrupulous regard for the safeguards of civil liberties when invoked on behalf of the unworthy. History… — Felix Frankfurter
All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied. — Samuel Johnson
The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of… — Thomas Jefferson
I know a love may be revived which absence, inconstancy, or even infidelity has extinguished, but there is no returning from a dTgovt given by… — Mary Wortley Montagu
The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic… — Koji Nakanishi
By the grace of the spiritual master the cloud of the mercy of the Personality of Godhead is brought in, and then only, when the… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or many times, but… — John Stuart Mill

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