Lay Quotes

2047 Lay quotes by 1399 unique authors

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it continueth, though an army lay… — Gilbert Parker
Far from the truth lay the antique assumption that man had fathered the weapon. The weapon, instead, had fathered man. — Robert Ardrey
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of our Constitution, was… — Walter E. Williams
As Earth warriors, we choose to be participants in the ancient battle between good and evil. On our side stand the waters and wind, and… — Rod Coronado
I was a stray acquaintance whom he had never seem before and would never see again, a wandered for a moment through his monotonous life,… — W. Somerset Maugham
And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea. But for now we are young; let us… — Jeff Mangum
Lay aside life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition. — William Shakespeare
Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with… — William Osler
We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from… — Arthur Helps
Quit thinking that tomorrow your problems will go away and life will begin in earnest. The Lord is waiting to help you cope today if… — Paul H. Dunn
However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is not a part… — Henry David Thoreau
We lay aside letters never to read them again, and at last we destroy them out discretion, and so disappears the most immediate breath of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lull'd by the coil of his crystalline streams Beside a pumice… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition.… — Hyrum W. Smith
Nature's lay idiot, I taught thee to love. — John Donne
About Thomas Hobbes: He was 40 years old before he looked on geometry; which happened accidentally. Being in a gentleman's library, Euclid's Elements lay open,… — John Aubrey
Charity is the pure love of Christ. Let's bring it down for us lay folk to understand. Selflessness, patience. . . . a great definition.… — Hyrum W. Smith
Ere thou sleepest, gently lay Every troubled thought away; Put off worry and distress As thou puttest off thy dress; Drop thy burden and thy… — Henry Van Dyke
The Merchant, to Secure His Treasure The merchant, to secure his treasure, Conveys it in a borrowed name: Euphelia serves to grace my measure, But… — Edgar Allan Poe
Winter Song The browns, the olives, and the yellows died, And were swept up to heaven; where they glowed Each dawn and set of sun… — Wilfred Owen
Forbear to lay the guilt of a few on the many. — Unknown Author
Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed to establish one… — Unknown Author
We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs are… — Walter Benjamin
The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some… — Jack Handey
She had always felt that the essence of human experience lay not primarily in the peak experiences, the wedding days and triumphs which stood out… — Dan Simmons

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