Plague Quotes

276 Plague quotes by 229 unique authors

They came from the four corners of the earth, driven by hunger, plague, tumors, and the cold, and stopped here. They couldnâ€™t go any futrther… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
False fears are a plague, a modern plague! — Michael Crichton
The twentieth century ended with its dreams in ruins. The notion of the community as a voluntary association of enlightened citizens has died forever. We… — J. G. Ballard
On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is… — Albert Camus
The essential is never to arrive anywhere, never to be anywhere. The essential is to go on squirming forever at the edge of the line,… — Samuel Beckett
Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart. — Jane Austen
Even if he doesnâ€™t eat, he knows the cookies. Iâ€™ll bet his mother stuffed him full as a kid. (Tory) Not really. My mom wasnâ€™t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading… — William Safire
Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard speech, and distracts… — John H. McWhorter
I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can… — Albert Camus
We cannot count on God to arrange what happens in our lives in ways that will make us feel good.We can, however, count on God… — Larry Crabb
Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and… — Voltaire
Words were her plague and words were her redemption. — Hilda Doolittle
We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in… — Swami Satchidananda
It is our destiny to live with the wrong as well as the right kind of citizens, and to learn from them, the wrong-minded ones,… — Henry Miller
She tilted her head to one side, considering him. "Do you love me?" "Love is a trick and a sham. A foolish plague and a… — Anne Stuart
there i was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation… — Kurt Vonnegut
The Whites have carried to these (colonial) people the worst that they could carry: the plagues of the world: materialism, fanaticism, alcoholism, and syphilis. Moreover,… — Adolf Hitler
He had picked up languages the way most sailors pick up diseases; languages were his gonorrhoea, his syphilis, his scurvy, his ague, his plague. — Salman Rushdie
The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. — Maya Angelou

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