Lamented Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity… — John Quincy Adams
It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and… — Benjamin Franklin
Being myself a warm zealot for the attainment & enjoiment by all mankind of as much liberty as each may exercise without injury to the… — Thomas Jefferson
That this liberty [of the press] is often carried to excess; that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and lamented, but the remedy… — James Madison
They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great… — George Washington
Great art suspends the reverted eye, the lamented past, the anticipated future: we enter with it into the timeless present; we are with God today,… — Ken Wilber
As Hoffman later lamented, â€œThe reality distortion field can serve as a spur, but then reality itself hits. — Joanna Hoffman
When many people are killed, they should be mourned and lamented. Those who are victorious in war should follow the rites of funerals. — Laozi
After observing mutations in fruit flies for many years, Professes Goldschmidt fell into despair. The changes, he lamented, were so hopelessly micro [insignificant] that if… — Norman Macbeth
The Elf and the Dormouse UNDER a toadstool crept a wee Elf, Out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, Sat… — Oliver Herford
It is remarkable, but on the whole, perhaps, not to be lamented, that the world is so unkind to a new book. Any distinguished traveler… — Henry David Thoreau
I was a big 'X-Files' fan. I always lamented that I never got to be on 'The X-Files'. — Michael Cerveris
As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in,… — William Godwin
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most… — Charles Caleb Colton
And it is very much lamented,... That you have no such mirrors as will turn Your hidden worthiness into your eye That you might see… — William Shakespeare
Even the best weapon is an unhappy tool, hateful to living things. So the follower of the Way stays away from it. Weapons are unhappy… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Both looked back then on the wild revelry...and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been… — Lloyd Alexander
Unfortunately being born princess doesn't autimatically make a girl graceful or confident, a fact I've lamented for most of my fourteen years — E.D. Baker
The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it. — Arthur Schopenhauer

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