Kept Quotes

2728 Kept quotes by 1970 unique authors

Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast, yet love breaks through and picks them all at last. — William Shakespeare
How well Horatius kept the bridge In the brave days of old. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Go to sleep now and rest. Our job is done. You kept your promise, and I kept mine.. — Maggie Osborne
Blessed the one who has kept the mastery of his eyelids and has not deceived himself with either mind or sense with regard to the… — Ephrem the Syrian
We would willingly have others perfect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We would have others severely corrected and will not be corrected… — Thomas a Kempis
As long as I kept my body moving I could forget about the emptiness inside. — Haruki Murakami
Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can take you out… — Eckhart Tolle
If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above,… — Julia Child
Music kept me sane between acting jobs. — Chris Carmack
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John F. Kennedy
Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer. — George Eliot
If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose… — Diogenes
Art employs method for the symmetrical formation of beauty, as science employs it for the logical exposition of truth; but the mechanical process is, in… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The exact Quantity and Quality being found out, is to be kept to constantly. — Benjamin Franklin
Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. — William Shakespeare
Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admiration did not whoop… — William Shakespeare
In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in… — Eric Hoffer
When watching men of power in action it must be always kept in mind that, whether they know it or not, their main purpose is… — Eric Hoffer
Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't; Thrice I guessed wrong, And I kept my credit on. — Robert Louis Stevenson
My tax return in the United States has to be kept on a special computer because their normal computers can't deal with the numbers. So… — Bill Gates
The moment we find the reason behind an emotion Â… the wall is breached, and the positive memories it has kept from us return too.… — Gloria Steinem
If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation; that is to… — Leonardo da Vinci
One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of… — Helen Keller
Such is the effect of the grace of God in the heart of a pilgrim; while on one hand he sees the propensity of his… — John Bunyan

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