Fierce Quotes

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From hence, let fierce contending nations know, what dire effects from civil discord flow. — Joseph Addison
The time was simply ripe for the disappearance of tonality. Naturally this was a fierce struggle; inhibitions of the most frightful kind had to be… — Anton Webern
Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. — Ming-Dao Deng
Tantra is the hot blood of spiritual practice. It smashes the taboo against unreasonable happiness; a thunderbolt path, swift, joyful, and fierce. There is no… — Chogyam Trungpa
Oh, how strenuous is life! I know a little of it. Men "ought always to pray, and not to faint." How fierce the battle! I… — G. Campbell Morgan
A fierce and sentimental addiction to forms makes us shudder at change. It is much easier to say that the system is all right-only the… — Charles Ferguson
Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings. — Zhuge Liang
The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Suffering is by no means a privilege, a sign of nobility, a reminder of God. Suffering is a fierce, bestial thing, commonplace, uncalled for, natural… — Cesare Pavese
Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of military… — Clare Boothe Luce
The solitude lends much appeal, because a sea without a harbour surrounds it. Even a modest boat can find few anchorage, and nobody can go… — Tacitus
Woe to the suicides! I believe that there can be none more miserable than they. Oh, there are some who remain proud and fierce even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo." — Robert Breault
Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion — Samuel Palmer
I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing. — Winifred Holtby
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. From him who will not give her all,… — Clarence Darrow
Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more gently each time, till as… — Charles Kingsley
To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master. — Mark Twain
Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To… — John Milton

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