Lest Quotes

372 quotes by 299 authors

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. — Francis Bacon
Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee. — Aneurin Bevan
That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! — Robert Browning
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure. — Samuel Butler
To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to… — Robert Byrd
The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall. — Taylor Caldwell
Suffer me never to think that I have knowledge enough to need no teaching, wisdom enough to need no correction, talents enough to need no… — Eric Milner-White
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear… — Bertrand Russell
Jesus was not a whisperer. No one ever saw Him close to His neighbor's ear, looking stealthily around lest some one should overhear what He… — Samuel Logan Brengle
One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high taxes from starting… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly cultivated… — Friedrich Nietzsche
As God's child advances spiritually be shall discover that the Lord's time is as important as the Lord's will. Do not rashly beget an Ishmael… — Watchman Nee
And Levin, a happy father and a man in perfect health, was several times so near suicide that he hid the cord, lest he be… — Leo Tolstoy
Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity. — Henry Ward Beecher
The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him. — Confucius
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end. — Joseph Conrad
The old order changeth, yielding place to new, and god fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it they are wrong. I do not say "give them up," for they may be all you… — Robert Louis Stevenson
If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at the same time. — Mark Twain
God defend me from that Welsh fairy, Lest he transform me to a piece of cheese! — William Shakespeare

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