Lest Quotes

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Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die. — Stephen Jay Gould
When Eleanor's arm touched his he felt his hands grow cold with deadly fear lest he should lose the shadow brush with which his imagination… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door. — William Blake
Blood in the water I sing, and one who shed it: deadliest hunger I sing, and one who fed it- weaving the ancient-most tale of… — Diane Duane
Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break them. Freedom is all I want, but to hope for it I… — Rabindranath Tagore
Error, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked… — Irenaeus of Lyons
Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever… — Billy Sunday
No longer mourn for me when I am dead than you shall hear the surly sullen bell give warning to the world that I am… — William Shakespeare
By all means they try to hold me secure who love me in this world. But it is otherwise with thy love which is greater… — Rabindranath Tagore
Thou shalt not steal. I seem to recall that being one of Godâ€™s Iâ€™d rather you didnâ€™t lest I have to smite you into ash… — Libba Bray
Fear, lest, by forgetting what you are by nature, you also forget the need that you have of continual pardon, support, and supplies from the… — John Bunyan
We are the wise. Do not envy usâ€” We who are too wise to draw near the fire Lest we get burned; We who are… — Lois Duncan
We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget,… — Abraham Verghese
The tumalt and shouting dies, The captains and the kings depart. Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heat. Lord God of… — Rudyard Kipling
I tried to avoid looking at the dress full on, lest it burn out my retinas with its glittering hideousness. — Katie MacAlister
It's a cinch that if you read it in an occult periodical or paperback, everyone's doing it. That should be your cue to avoid such… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Lest I keep my complacent way I must remember somewhere out there a person died for me today. As long as there must be war,… — Eleanor Roosevelt
O you, who in some pretty boat, Eager to listen, have been following Behind my ship, that singing sails along Turn back to look again… — Dante Alighieri
Yeah. I donâ€™t need much, and whatever else I need Iâ€™m sure I can buy since the Council knows that I am the charmed one… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only… — Albert Einstein

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