Falls Upon Quotes

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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. — Saint Basil
The death penalty is no more effective a deterrent than life imprisonment... It is also evident that the burden of capital punishment falls upon the… — Thurgood Marshall
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. — Anne Sullivan Macy
To set one's name to a work gives no one a title to be remembered, for who knows how many of the best of men… — W G Sebald
Man is a dream about a shadow. But when some splendour falls upon him from God, a glory comes to him and his life is… — R. S. Thomas
A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The great enemy of… — George Orwell
[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected… — Saint Basil
Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is… — Chanakya
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem: There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground But holds some joy of silence or of sound,… — Samuel Laman Blanchard
There is something tenderly appropriate in the serene death of the old. . . . When the duties of life have all been nobly done;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. Of course the task will not be… — Nelson Mandela
The rain ...falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happen if I were superintending the rain's affairs. No, I… — Mark Twain
Think then what it is to live on here eternally and yet be human; toage in soul and see our beloved die and pass to… — H. Rider Haggard
When I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other… — Joseph Addison
Work to connect yourself to the allness of life -- instead of identifying with the smallness of it -- and you'll awaken to a greatness… — Guy Finley
Love, like a tear, rises in the eye and falls upon the breast. — Publilius Syrus
Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide. — John Selden
I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you… — Richard Cobden
Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast. — Andrew Carnegie
The rain falls upon the just And also on the unjust fellas But mostly it falls upon the just Cause the unjust have the just's… — Cormac McCarthy

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