Pale Quotes

514 Pale quotes by 371 unique authors

God hath yoked to guilt her pale tormentor,--misery. — William C. Bryant
Affection faints not like a pale-faced coward, But then woos best when most his choice is froward. — William Shakespeare
The glowworm shows the matin to be near And gins to pale his uneffectual fire. — William Shakespeare
I wish I were the lily's leaf To fade upon that bosom warm, Content to wither, pale and brief, The trophy of thy paler form. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Am I alone in my egotism when I say that never does the pale light of dawn filter through the blinds of 52 Tavistock Square… — Virginia Woolf
He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight. — William Hazlitt
Night, like a giant, fills the church, from pavement to roof, and holds dominion through the silent hours. Pale dawn again comes peeping through the… — Charles Dickens
The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night. — Alexander Smith
Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor. — Alexander Pope
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And… — John Milton
No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. — John Milton
Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds… — Homer
Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale… — Philip James Bailey
Painting it was hard graft... in addition red, yellow, brown ochre, black, terra sienna, bistre, and the result is a red-brown that varies from bistre… — Vincent Van Gogh
With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail. — Charles Churchill
Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail. — Charles Churchill
White rose in red rose-garden Is not so white; Snowdrops, that plead for pardon And pine for fright Because the hard East blows Over their… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
And the stately lilies stand Fair in the silvery light, Like saintly vestals, pale in prayer; Their pure breath sanctifies the air, As its fragrance… — Julia Caroline Dorr
Heavens, how charming it is! There is now in the sky only the soft vaporous color of pale citron - the last reflection of the… — Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot
I used to go to these old tent revivals and listen to the gospel singers. If you think rock and roll is energetic, it pales… — Edgar Winter
I do wear lipstick because when I suddenly get pale or green, it seems whole blood goes away. — Nastassja Kinski
There are a lot of problems in the world, a lot of tragic things that have to be addressed, economic, medical, political, all kinds of… — Dean Stockwell
Every child is born blessed with a vivid imagination. But just as a muscle grows flabby with disuse, so the bright imagination of a child… — Walt Disney
At times it seemed unfair that I should be paid for my work; for driving out in the early morning with the fields glittering under… — James Herriot
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale. — Baron de Montesquieu

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