Provinces Quotes

54 Provinces quotes by 51 unique authors

Thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes. — William Cowper
The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the… — Northrop Frye
Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space. — Edward Forbes
While brother Joseph was referring to the provinces of God, I was led to reflect that there is no act, no principle, no power belonging… — Brigham Young
Some European countries insist on saying that during World War II, Hitler burned millions of Jews and put them in concentration camps. Any historian, commentator… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ambitious princes value inherited kingdoms not so much as conquered provinces. — Christian Nestell Bovee
Confederation is a compact, made originally by four provinces but adhered to by all the nine provinces who have entered it, and I submit to… — Wilfrid Laurier
The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love. — Herman Melville
Help me by whatever you are pleased to do in your provinces. — Muqtada al Sadr
One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These… — Andre Leon Talley
Canada will be a strong country when Canadians of all provinces feel at home in all parts of the country, and when they feel that… — Pierre Trudeau
A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships,… — Jorge Luis Borges
To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct.… — Michel de Montaigne
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard… — Anthony Bourdain
New York is perhaps the only place in America where you feel at the centre and not at the margins, in the provinces, so for… — Italo Calvino
The love I felt for her on that train ride had a capital and provinces, parishes and a Vatican, an orange planet and many sullen… — Gary Shteyngart
The storm was really giving it everything it had. This was its big chance. It had spent years hanging around the provinces, putting in some… — Terry Pratchett
He looked down at his empty glass. "One of the other ways in which I am different from my father," he said. "I am not… — Sharon Shinn
In the animal world, on the other hand, the process of evolution is characterised by the progressive discrimination of the animal and vegetative functions, and… — Wilhelm Wundt
Many countries - as well as cities, states and provinces - are taking global warming seriously and are working to reduce emissions and shift to… — David Suzuki
Initially, before the modern state of Iraq was created, there were three separate provinces here: a Shiite in the south, a largely Sunni one in… — Richard Engel
Camiguin, Romblon and Camarines Norte got out of the list of poorest provinces in 2003. With tourism, these provinces can become rich. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
The Yankees won the pennant, we went on to the World Series, 41 years after that in the city of Toronto. The great city of… — Dave Winfield
According to them, the poet is confined to the provinces with his mouth broken on his own syllabic trapeze. — Salvatore Quasimodo
The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a… — Lajos Kossuth

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