Lay Quotes

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No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come… — Martin Luther
But I remember more dearly autumn afternoons in bottoms that lay intensely silent under old great trees — C.S. Lewis
I envisage the prinicles of the Earth Charter to be a new form of the ten commandments. They lay the foundation for a sustainable global… — Mikhail Gorbachev
Let us take advantage of the opportunities presented by climate action and lay the foundations for a more prosperous and secure future for all — Ban Ki-moon
I told that girl, in the kindest, gentlest way, that I could not consent to deliver judgment upon any one's manuscript, because an individual's verdict… — Mark Twain
The whole world of thought lay unexplored before me, - a world of which I had already caught large and tempting glimpses... — Lucy Larcom
Love should not be a guessing game. In fact, it shouldn't be a game at all. One should lay all the cards on the table,… — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
Orpheus with his lute made trees, And the mountain tops that freeze, Bow themselves, when he did sing; To his music, plants and flowers Ever… — William Shakespeare
Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too gay; Temper thy… — Paul Hamilton Hayne
Anyone who dares to lay hands on the highest image of the Lord commits sacrilege against the benevolent creator of this miracle and contributes to… — Adolf Hitler
Behind us lay the great Antarctic Land; snow peaks rising beyond one another until by distance they dwindled away into insignificancy. The silence and immobility… — Unknown Author
Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare. Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
In such a performance you may lay the foundation of national happiness only in religion, not by leaving it doubtful "whether morals can exist without… — Benjamin Rush
It is, indeed, a fact that, in the midst of society and sociability every evil inclination has to place itself under such great restraint, don… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay… — Thomas Paine
Wherever any precept of traditional morality is simply challenged to produce its credentials, as though the burden of proof lay on it, we have taken… — C.S. Lewis
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and… — Alexander Hamilton
Then it was intoxicating. The smooth takeoff, and the free feeling of having the world drop away. Soon after leaving the ground, they were crossing… — James Salter
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and lay down. Then,… — John Lennon
We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary… — Thomas Jefferson

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