Plagues Quotes

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As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters, but I sometimes… — Diane Ackerman
When I'm on my own, I can be negative. I need my friends and family around to help pick me up if I've had a… — Jenson Button
And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. — Daniel Defoe
Human beings have the capacity to learn to want almost any conceivable material object. Given, then, the emergence of a modern industrial culture capable of… — Jules Henry
He who disdains the fall in infant mortality and the gradual disappearance of famines and plagues may cast the first stone upon the materialism of… — Ludwig von Mises
O witches, O misery, O hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted! I contrived to purge my mind of all human hope. On all… — Arthur Rimbaud
I don't believe in evil; I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the… — Isak Dinesen
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The important thing is… — Michael Pollan
It seems to me the worst of all the plagues is the slug, the snail without a shell. He is beyond description repulsive, a mass… — Celia Thaxter
As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along every so often, kill off two thirds of the population;… — Larry Niven
The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all… — Plato
Early humans, bursting with questions about Nature but with limited understanding of its dynamics, explained things in terms of supernatural persons and person-animals who delivered… — Ursula Goodenough
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy… — David Brin
Every conflict plagues the peace that follows it. — Stephen L. Carter
At this moment, somewhere in the world, children died of starvation, bombs exploded to maim and kill the innocent, hurricanes destroyed everything in their path,… — Carolyn Hart
Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (1) Mauve waters and green mountains are nothing when the great ancient doctor Hua To could not defeat… — Mao Zedong
Do not be caught up in materialism, one of the real plagues of our generation-that is, acquiring things, fast-paced living, and securing career success. — Ezra Taft Benson
What plagues people is not those who don't love them, but those who do. — Michael Gilbert
When the Spirit came to Moses, the plagues came upon Egypt, and he had power to destroy men's lives; when the Spirit came upon Elijah,… — Dwight L. Moody
Saying Good-bye to the God of Disease (2) Thousands of willow branches in a spring wind. Six hundred million of China, land of the gods,… — Mao Zedong

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