Mortals Quotes
310 Mortals quotes by 200 unique authors
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Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.
— Walter Scott
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The barrenest of all mortals is the sentimentalist.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Mortals are known by their actions; this is the way it has to be. They should show goodness, and not be deformed by their actions;…
— Guru Angad
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O Nanak, the worldly achievements and glory is worthy of being burnt in the fire if it causes one to forget God. Usually these worldly…
— Guru Angad
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As the Hindu gods are 'immortal' only in a very particular sense - for they had born and they die - they experience most of…
— Wendy Doniger
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We are all mortals, and each is for himself.
— Moliere
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What sets these - and all - racers apart from less daredevilish mortals is their complete lack of fear and their joy of doing something…
— Peter Golenbock
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He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past
— Henry David Thoreau
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Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature
— George Ade
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Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals
— John Vanbrugh
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My optimism and confidence come not from feeling I'm luckier than other mortals, and they sure don't come from visualizing victory. They're the result of…
— Chris Hadfield
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The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power…
— Samuel Johnson
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I do not foresee 'spaceships' to the moon or Mars. Mortals must live and die on Earth or within its atmosphere!
— Lee De Forest
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Mortals always want something more- they wish for money, but what they're really after is to be carefree. Power when what they really want is…
— Jackson Pearce
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Nothing vast enters the life of mortals without a curse.
— Tiffany Shlain
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We foolish mortals sometimes live through years not realizing how short life is, and that TODAY is your life.
— Edith Schaeffer
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In books I find the dead as if they were alive; in books I foresee things to come; in books warlike affairs are set forth;…
— Richard de Bury
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The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most…
— Cesar Aira
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The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for…
— Abraham Lincoln
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I don’t think there is any such thing as an ordinary mortal. Everybody has his own possibility of rapture in the experience of life. All…
— Joseph Campbell
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