Perish Quotes

421 Perish quotes by 322 unique authors

People can live through hardship, but from hard feelings they perish. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
A world without walls is the only sustainable world. . . . If the world is dominated by people who believe that their races, their… — William J. Clinton
He that will not work according to his faculty, let him perish according to his necessity: there is no law juster than that. — Thomas Carlyle
Men must be capable of imagining and executing and insisting on social change if they are to reform or even maintain civilization, and capable too… — Rebecca West
Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We are born to lose and to perish, to hope and to fear, to vex ourselves and others; and there is no antidote against a… — Seneca the Younger
When good men die their goodness does not perish. — Euripides
I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… — Joseph Conrad
Tyrants never perish from tyranny, but always from folly,-when their fantasies have built up a palace for which the earth has no foundation. — Walter Savage Landor
Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die. — Sophocles
Love or perish" we are told and we tell ourselves. The phrase is true enough so long as we do not interpret it as "Mingle… — Phyllis McGinley
We bloomed in Spring. Our bodies are the leaves of God. The apparent seasons of life and death our eyes can suffer; but our souls,… — Teresa of Avila
In the secret of night, my prayer climbs like the liana, My prayer is, and I am not. It grows, and I perish. I have… — Gabriela Mistral
When someone has the wit to coin a useful phrase, it ought to be acclaimed and broadcast or it will perish. — Jack Smith
Mr. Darwin refers to the multitude of the individual of every species, which, from one cause or another, perish either before, or soon after attaining… — Richard Owen
I'd rather stay here with all the madmen than perish with the sadmen roaming free. — David Bowie
You can judge a civilization by its level of agreement with the green world. When people respect nature, it's a sign of a healthy situation.… — Frederick Lenz
... those who sit in the darkness of passions and whose minds are blinded by ignorance, or, rather, those who have not acquired the 'mind… — Symeon the New Theologian
Do the people of the world not yet realize that by fighting on until the bitter end I am not only performing my sacred duty… — Haile Selassie
The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in the course of… — John Hay
Space travel leading to skylife is vital to human survival, because the question is not whether we will be hit by an asteroid, but when.… — Gregory Benford
In the sea of words, the in print is foam, surf bubbles riding the top. And it's a dark sea, and deep, where divers need… — Jonathan Lethem
What should we do? We have no wish to interrupt the destroyer's work of saving lives... But war is war and the people being picked… — Martin Niemoller
I'm an academic. It's publish or perish. — Daniel J. Bernstein
Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as… — Crowfoot

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