Lest Quotes

372 quotes by 299 authors

Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires… — Baltasar Gracian
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
Oh, will you pray? Stop now and pray, lest desire turn to feeling and feeling evaporate. — Amy Carmichael
My soul, never laugh at sin's fooleries, lest thou come to smile at sin itself. It is thine enemy, and thy Lord's enemy. — Charles Spurgeon
Judge not, lest ye be judged. — Libba Bray
Writing is not a searching about in the daily experience for apt similes and pretty thoughts and imagesâ€¦ It is not a conscious recording of… — William Carlos Williams
It is quite a thing. There are so many men, all endlessly trying to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you,… — Patrick Rothfuss
She took kisses like so many coats of paint [â€¦] how long and how vainly I searched for excuses which might make her amorality if… — Lawrence Durrell
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, in instructing catechumens, wrote: â€œThe dragon sits by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour… — Flannery O'Connor
I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak… — Osamu Dazai
I dore not always touch her, lest the kiss Leave my lips charred. Yea, Lord, a little bliss, Brief, bitter bliss, one hath for a… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Take care, lest an adventure is now offered you, which, if accepted, will plunge you in deepest woe. — James M. Barrie
If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand", or because… — Amy Carmichael
DON PEDRO Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Benedick. BEATRICE Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile; and I gave… — William Shakespeare
Margaret had always dreaded lest her courage should fail her in any emergency, and she should be proved to be, what she dreaded lest she… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Till we can become divine, we must be content to be human, lest in our hurry for change we sink to something lower. — Anthony Trollope
Why do we not care to acknowledge them? The cattle, the body count. We still don't like to admit the war was even partly our… — Alan Bennett
I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death… — Ben Jonson
The old order changeth yielding place to new And God fulfills himself in many ways Lest one good custom should corrupt the world. Comfort thyself:… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Let there be nothing harmonious about our children's playthings, lest they grow up expecting peace and order, and be eaten alive. — Kurt Vonnegut

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