Forbear Quotes

29 quotes by 24 authors

The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the… — George Washington
The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. — Samuel Smiles
Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear. — Gautama Buddha
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save… — Abraham Lincoln
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive. — William Cowper
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many. — Ovid
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five… — Jonathan Swift
Marriage is the truest goal for ninety-nine per cent of the human race, and they will live the happiest life as soon as they have… — Swami Vivekananda
Forbear, thou great good husband, little ant. — Richard Lovelace
There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of… — Samuel Johnson
If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say... Sweet Friend, for Jesus… — Thomas Carlyle
Oh, children, growing up to be Adventurers into sophistry, Forbear, forbear to be of those That read the rood to learn the rose. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
If you have any shame, forbear to pluck the beard of a dead lion. — Martial
What wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear without the knowledge of evil? He that can apprehend and consider vice with all… — John Milton
But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange. — Samuel Pepys
I'll forbear; And am fallen out with my more headier will To take the indisposed and sickly fit For the sound man. — William Shakespeare
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors,… — Samuel Johnson
To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those… — Arthur Conan Doyle
If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it? — Samuel Johnson
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften… — Robert Louis Stevenson

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