Perish Quotes

421 Perish quotes by 322 unique authors

There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of all lessons is the denunciation… — Gouverneur Morris
Life is not stationary. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years all tick away at the same clip for everyone. No age-group can be… — Hugh W. Pinnock
REDEMPTION, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin, through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned . . . .… — Ambrose Bierce
An angry look on the face is wholly against nature. If it be assumed frequently, beauty begins to perish, and in the end is quenched… — Marcus Aurelius
Grass is the forgiveness of nature - her constant benediction. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal...Its tenacious fibers hold the earth… — John James Ingalls
Men perish because they cannot join the beginning with the end. — Unknown Author
It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not… — Arthur Hugh Clough
Whoever is fortunate enough to be an American citizen came into the greatest inheritance man has ever enjoyed. He has had the benefit of every… — Isabel Paterson
You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving." The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.… — Khalil Gibran
Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and… — William Penn
Democracy does not contain any force which will check the constant tendency to put more and more on the public payroll. The state is like… — Plato
And then she realized that his presence was the wall, his presence was destroying her. Unless she could break out, she must die most fearfully,… — D. H. Lawrence
What of miniature boats constructed of birch bark and fallen leaves, launched onto cold water clear as air? How many fleets were pushed out toward… — Paul Harding
I do hereby assert and declare that in four years from the date hereof, every sectarian and religious denomination in the United States shall be… — Martin Harris
It was the seventh deadly sin. My children weren't righteous. They stumbled because I was evil. The way I was raising them they could never… — Andrea Yates
Do not let your fire go out ... Do not let the Hero in your soul perish ... Check your road and the nature of… — Ayn Rand
Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them. — Anton Chekhov
We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams won’t all come true; we won’t always make it; but where there is… — Tommy Douglas
I don't know about you, but moderation and restraint is not what I felt when I watched the twin towers crumble to the ground, a… — Karl Rove
If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay - in solid cash - the arts would perish with their starving practitioners. Let us… — Aldous Huxley
In its main features the Declaration of Independence is a great spiritual document. It is a declaration not of material but of spiritual conceptions. Equality,… — Calvin Coolidge
Fantastic truths perish slower... Sappho's moon will survive the moon of Armstrong. Different computations are necessary. — Odysseas Elytis
If all insects disappeared, all life on earth would perish. If all humans disappeared, all life on earth would flourish. — Jonas Salk
The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The mysteries of a universe made of drops of fire and clods of mud do not concern us in the least. The fate of humanity… — Joseph Conrad

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