Lest Quotes

372 quotes by 299 authors

Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman… — George R. R. Martin
Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto. — Marquis de Sade
Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done,… — Emily Dickinson
For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since he whom I loved, as if he should never die, was dead; and I… — Saint Augustine
A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,â€” The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And… — Emily Dickinson
I never knew before, what such a love as you have made me feel, was; I did not believe in it; my Fancy was afraid… — John Keats
The stillness of the calm is awful. His voice begins to grow strange and portentous. He feels it in him like something swallowed too big… — Herman Melville
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death. — John Milton
Those in power need checks and restraints lest they come to identify the common good for their own tastes and desires, and their continuation in… — William O. Douglas
There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more… — Edward Teller
An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be uttered. The man who speaks an injurious truth, lest his soul… — Mark Twain
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum. — Baal Shem Tov
The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy… — Albert Einstein
The great distinction of a true Christian is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. How careful should he be, lest anything in his thoughts or… — Francis Schaeffer
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. — Abraham Lincoln
What do women do when they get together? We sit around and talk! Men, not so much. My theory is that this difference is genetic… — Jenna McCarthy
Let the winds of evidence blow you about as though you are a leaf, with no direction of your own. Beware lest you fight a… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not… — Saint Bernard
I have many deep thoughts in God, but I take my own measure, lest I perish by boasting... For I myself, though I am in… — Ignatius of Antioch
Live riotously lest not you regret the minutes, moments, hours and days of time gone by. — Maximillian Degenerez

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