Lest Quotes

372 quotes by 291 authors

All the great crimes of history, lest we forget, have their genesis in the moral wilderness of their times. — Eskinder Nega
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. — Aesop
Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you. — Phaedrus
Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks...… — Jared Diamond
If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast… — Robert Dale Owen
It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced… — Jay Alan Sekulow
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation. — Thomas Day
For an entire populace, change, growth, and spontaneity were dangerous. Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings - all… — Adam Johnson
Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it… — Abraham Verghese
Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early. — George F Will
Presence ... reminds us of the important facts, lest they be forgotten -- the virtues of faith and the absolute need for forgiveness of one's… — Unknown Author
When I have money, I get rid of it quickly, lest it find a way into my heart. — John Wesley
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man… — Bible
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the… — Bible
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they drink, and forget… — Bible
If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink, - Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I… — Omar Khayyam
The older order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfills himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world — Alfred Lord Tennyson
For every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early, and the human race come to an end. — Joseph Conrad
You should never judge people based on your own assumptions of that person before meeting them, lest reality smacks you upside the head. — Isaiah Harden (Me)
Being born poor doesn't mean you will die poor,lest u want it that way. — Moses Ekpu

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