Mortals Quotes

310 Mortals quotes by 200 unique authors

Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Vision, in my view, is the cause of the greatest benefit to us, inasmuch as none of the accounts now given concerning the Universe would… — Plato
We seek true individuality and the true individuals. But we find them not. For lo, we mortals see what our poor eyes can see; and… — Josiah Royce
Fear in sooth holds so in check all mortals, becasue thay see many operations go on in earth and heaven, the causes of which they… — Lucretius
Besides, we weren't made to battle villains, because there weren't any. No nation, creed, or race was any better or worse than another; all were… — Kage Baker
When human hearts break and human hearts despair, then from the twilight of the past the great conquerors of distress and care, of disgrace and… — Adolf Hitler
In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base spreads… — Rene Daumal
Parents are flawed human beings who are given a role that more approximates that of God than of mere mortals. — Dennis Prager
The physical universe expresses the conscious and unconscious thoughts of mortals. — Mary Baker Eddy
The state is an organization of mere mortals who, by one dubious method or another, have been allowed to don the mantle of political legitimacy… — Sheldon Richman
So blind is the curiosity by which mortals are possessed, that they often conduct their minds along unexplored routes, having no reason to hope for… — Rene Descartes
And here Dante describes an evidently spherical world... "The lamp of the world [the sun] rises to mortals through different passages; but through that which… — Dante Alighieri
Yea, foolish mortals, Noah's flood is not yet subsided; two thirds of the fair world it yet covers. — Herman Melville
Only common mortals like the Somervilles have good old rotten hates, dear,' said her mother. 'Sir Graham manages to love everybody and wouldn't know what… — Dorothy Dunnett
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes
These Stepsons tread where mortals don't belong, some of us think. They seek out battle high above their station. Who knows what powers may yet… — Janet Morris
So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like… — William James
There is nothing assured to mortals. — Horace
The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes. — Jean Racine
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves. — Hesiod

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