Flees Quotes

36 quotes by 30 authors

There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes… — James A. Baldwin
One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another… — David O. McKay
Even the laziest King flees wildly in the face of a double check! — Aron Nimzowitsch
I flee who chases me and chase who flees me. — Ovid
When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man. The economic and intellectual conditions that prevail… — James Joyce
In sex, man is driven into the very abyss which he flees. He makes a voyage to non-being and back. — Camille Paglia
Human life cannot be formless. We live by patterns. We move in comradeships. Conformity is evil when it distorts, flattens, and erases fruitful ways, strong… — Herman Wouk
No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland, but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered… — James Joyce
The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God. — Martin Luther
Night is here. All is at rest. My eyes close in order to see without actually understanding the dream that flees before men infinite space;… — Paul Gauguin
Perfect reason flees all extremity, and leads one to be wise with sobriety. — Moliere
He who flees will fight again. — Tertullian
That Man, who flees from truth, should have invented the mirror is the greatest of historical miracles. — Christian Friedrich Hebbel
He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. — Publilius Syrus
What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue. — Ovid
Wine stimulates the mind and makes it quick with heat; care flees and is dissolved in much drink. — Ovid
What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge? — Franz Kafka
Man loves liberty, even if he does not know that he loves it. He is driven by it and flees from where it does not… — Jose Marti
The devil, the originator of sorrowful anxieties and restless troubles, flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God....Music… — Martin Luther

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