Lamentations Quotes

19 quotes by 17 authors

Jeremiah is a most melancholy prophet. He wails from beginning to end; he is often childish, is rarely indecent, and although it may be blasphemy… — Annie Besant
In all their jollity in this world, the wicked are but as a book fairly bound, which when it is opened is full of nothing… — Richard Sibbes
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered… — Plutarch
Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered… — Plutarch
There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of… — Dante Alighieri
I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting â€” its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over… — William Tecumseh Sherman
Do not underestimate the human being, who sometimes appears so simple. Even with sight as sharp as an eagle, a mind as sharp as a… — Pramoedya Ananta Toer
From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations — Hippocrates
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by… — Hippocrates
Try the Lamentations of Jeremiah. They always pick me up. — Peter De Vries
The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell. It is… — Thomas Merton
The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living. — Christopher Paolini
Lamentations comfort only by lacerating the heart still more. Such grief does not desire consolation. It feeds on the sense of its hopelessness. Lamentations spring… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a doubt, or raised… — Rob Bell
Of all human lamentations, without doubt, the most common is if only I had known. But we can't know, and so days of death and… — Tom Clancy
The man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the… — Simone Weil
In life, something from everything will leave a mark on your heart. It might be happiness, lamentations, or both. Memories will make you the woman… — Myself
Citizens have the natural right and the common sense duty to protect themselves, their families, their communities, and their property...guns are the equalizing tools of… — Edgar A Suter
Included in human nature is an intense love. Even, because of the power of imagination, man fancies a sort of immortality in everything he loves.… — Bediuzzaman

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