Lows Quotes

1911 Lows quotes by 1446 unique authors

And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce, As a grave matron would to dance with girls. — Horace
Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind. — Horace
Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car. — Horace
As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low. — William Wordsworth
An angel stood and met my gaze, Through the low doorway of my tent; The tent is struck, the vision stays; I only know she… — James Russell Lowell
Pride of origin, whether high or low, springs from the same principle in human nature; one is but the positive, the other the negative, pole… — James Russell Lowell
Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the comfort o'er again. — Joseph Addison
And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me, And gone my bier ye come to weep, Let One,… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Human nature is good, just as water seeks low ground. There is no man who is not good, just as there is no water that… — Mencius
The evils of mankind are caused, not by the primary aggressiveness of individuals, but by their self-transcending identification with groups whose common denominator is low… — Arthur Koestler
To thee, fair Freedom! I retire From flattery, cards, and dice, and din: Nor art thou found in mansions higher Than the low cot, or… — William Shenstone
At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood), Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist,… — Alexander Pope
The approach of night The skies yet blushing with departing light, When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade, And the low sun had lengthen'd… — Alexander Pope
Soft closer of our eyes! Low murmur of tender lullabies! — John Keats
I can not sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go. — Charles Stuart Calverley
Never has interest in art been so high, and never has quality been so low. — John Ruskin
If Love Were Oil, / I'd Be About a Quart Low. — Lewis Grizzard
My next book is also set in the eighteenth century. Its about the Revolution, with the focus on the year 1776. Its about Washington and… — David McCullough
There is a kind of shrewdness many men have that enables them to get money. It is the shrewdness of the fox after the chicken.… — Sherwood Anderson
It is a commonly observed fact that the enslavement of women is invariably associated with a low type of social life, and that, conversely, her… — Herbert Spencer
My new city [Seattle] and its hinterland felt deceptively homely. Their similar latitude gave them the angular light and lingering evenings I was used to.… — Jonathan Raban
Positive self-esteem operates as, in effect, the immune system of the consciousness, providing resistance, strength, and a capacity for regeneration. When self-esteem is low, our… — Nathaniel Branden
Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position. — Claudius Claudianus
Christmas Eve I saw a stable, low and very bare, A little child in a manger. The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care,… — Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
But in any case, I did poorly on the tests and so, in the first three years of school, I had teachers who thought I… — Robert Sternberg

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