Lament Quotes

106 quotes by 95 authors

You do not lament the loss of hair of one who has been beheaded. — Joseph Stalin
But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I will roar argon into chlorine, xenon into fluorine, all the noble gases into reactive ones My lament will terrify even the stars. — Jessica Stern
While we lament the apparent injustice of pain and suffering, how often do we forget that every good thing in a fallen world is wholly… — Matt Chandler
We lament, too, the destruction of purity among women and young girls as is evidenced by the increasing immodesty of their dress and conversation and… — Pope Pius XI
Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. — William Wordsworth
Do not vainly lament, but do wonder at the rule of transiency and learn from it the emptiness of human life. Do not cherish to… — Gautama Buddha
Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves… — Ming-Dao Deng
When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. — Hannah More
This is the point being missed by readers who lament Liquor's lack of hot sex scenes, probably because they aren't old enough to understand that… — Poppy Z. Brite
It gladdens me to know that Baldrâ€™s father [Odin] makes ready the benches for a banquet. Soon we shall be drinking ale from the curved… — Ragnar Lodbrok
I certainly have a lot to lament, as do we all, everybody has their griefs. But the griefs we can fix, shouldn't we go around… — Elizabeth Edwards
If you think you control things that are in the control of others, you will lament. You will be disturbed and you will blame both… — Epictetus
Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went- Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out… — Robert Frost
I can go into the wilderness and not see anyone for days and experience a kind of space that hasn't changed for tens of thousands… — Edward Burtynsky
If your everyday life appears to be unworthy subject matter, do not complain to life. Complain to yourself, Lament that you are not poet enough… — Rainer Maria Rilke
She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I… — Elizabeth Montagu
One can always lament, you know â€” but to laugh in the face of life, that's very hard. And for me the great tragedian should… — Martha Graham
Human nature is divided; it contains both darkness and light. You can choose to accept the darkness and lament it, or you can choose to… — Deepak Chopra
I don't like the fact that we're not creating jobs the way we used to create jobs in Pennsylvania. I lament the fact that we're… — Tom Wolf

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