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60 Pestilence quotes by 44 unique authors

The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting… — John F. Kennedy
A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect… — Ben Jonson
For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the… — John F. Kennedy
The wine-shops breed, in physical atmosphere of malaria and a moral pestilence of envy and vengeance, the men of crime and revolution. — Charles Dickens
The least-bad scenario is a hard landing, global recession worse than the 1930s. The worst-case borrows from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: war, famine,… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Once supply begins to dwindle, the years to follow will see shortages that at best will cause global recession, possibly worse than the 1930s Great… — Kenneth S. Deffeyes
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor… — Will Rogers
Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in… — Will Rogers
It’s time to close the books on infectious diseases, declare the war against pestilence won, and shift national resources to such chronic problems as cancer… — William H. Stewart
Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so… — Jane Austen
All I maintain is that on this earth there are pestilences and there are victims, and it's up to us, so far as possible, not… — Albert Camus
A man with a machine and inadequate culture is a pestilence. — Wendell Berry
Yeah? What'd you name all those cats?" Death, Famine, Pestilence, War, and Mr. Whiskers." You named your cats after the riders of the apocal--wait. Mr.… — Richelle Mead
To some it may seem old-fashioned to speak of virtue and chastity, honesty, morality, faith, character, but these are the qualities which have built great… — Harold B. Lee
In this respect, our townsfolk were like everybody else, wrapped up in themselves; in other words, they were humanists: they disbelieved in pestilences. A pestilence… — Albert Camus
In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease--a terrible passing inclination to die of it. — Charles Dickens
Have you any idea of what you’ve unleashed? (Hades) Cruelty, pestilence, wrath, violence, ultimate suffering…what other gifts did the gods bestow on him? — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Let us be separated by wars and pestilence, death, madness but not by the passing of time. — Mario Puzo
When old friends get together, everything else fades to insignificance."- War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death — Robert Asprin
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction. In fiction, all… — Peter David
Everything passes away-suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds… — Mikhail Bulgakov
Okay, boys.” Pestilence's grating voice rang out. “Kill the human and the mutt, and let's get this Apocalypse started! — Larissa Ione
I read it [history] a little as a duty, but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of… — Jane Austen
The Four Horsemen whose Ride presages the end of the world are known to be Death, War, Famine, and Pestilence. But even less significant events… — Terry Pratchett
[...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at… — Frederick Douglass

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