Propitious Quotes
15 quotes by 14 authors
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
— Zebulon Pike
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There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of…
— George Washington
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Miracles are propitious accidents, the natural causes of which are too complicated to be readily understood.
— George Santayana
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I see less and less... I need to avoid lateral light, which darkens my colors. Nevertheless, I always paint at the times of day most…
— Claude Monet
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You know nothing about Hope, that immortal, delicious maiden forever courted forever propitious, whom fools have called deceitful, as if it were Hope that carried…
— George Eliot
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When gratitude o'erflows the swelling heart, and breathes in free and uncorrupted praise for benefits received, propitious heaven takes such acknowledgment as fragrant incense, and…
— George Lillo
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Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father through the reconciliation…
— John Calvin
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At issue is not only knowledge of the world but our survival as individuals and as a species. All the basic technologies ever invented by…
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a…
— William Cowper
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O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill…
— John Milton
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The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when…
— Walter Scott
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The propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregard the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has…
— George Washington
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In the unceasing ebb and flow of justice and oppression we must all dig channels as best we may, that at the propitious moment somewhat…
— Jane Addams
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Had I been less resolved to work, I would perhaps had made an effort to begin immediately. But since my resolution was formal and before…
— Marcel Proust
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In the shadows of dark You became the moonlit night, Haunting desperately towards my aches There is nothing left but your heart- Swallowing my darkness…
— Jehan Al Hamadi
Who Wrote These Propitious Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 15 Propitious Quotes as follows: