Rags Quotes

171 Rags quotes by 138 unique authors

In the town live witches nine: three in worsted, three in rags, and three in velvet fine... — Celia Rees
I remember a story of a girl in Paradise who ate an apple once. Some wise Sapient gave it to her. Because of it she… — Catherine Fisher
Day and night she had drudged and struggled and thrown her soul into her work, and there was not much of her left over for… — Carson McCullers
Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should. — Lord Chesterfield
If two angels were to receive at the same moment a commission from God, one to go down and rule earth’s grandest empire, the other… — John Newton
Through tattered clothes great vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. Plate sin with gold and the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks.… — William Shakespeare
Harry had the impression that even the barman was listening in. He was wiping the same glass with the filthy rag; it was becoming steadily… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Then a strange thing happened. She turned to him and smiled, and as he saw her smile every rag of anger and hurt vanity dropped… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men, I say, but… — Aravind Adiga
…my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me, as my automaton… — Vladimir Nabokov
We are very defensive, and therefore aggressive, when we hold on to a particular belief, a dogmas, or when we worship our particular nationality, with… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls into priceless treasures.… — John Ortberg
The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr — smiled. She must have a divine heart to be so tired and… — Henri Barbusse
You never know when you might come home and find Mam sitting by the fire chatting with a woman and a child, strangers. Always a… — Frank McCourt
Mother used to say escape is never further than the nearest book. Well, Mumsy, no, not really. Your beloved large-print sagas of rags, riches, and… — David Mitchell
The Lord of Rags and Tatters. — Megan Whalen Turner
I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
I'll be damned if death wears my sadness as glad rags. — Ray Bradbury
Raisa felt relieved, yet oddly disappointed. She was the blooded princess heir, yet in servants' clothes she was apparently unrecognizable. In the stories, rulers had… — Cinda Williams Chima
Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done. — Maggie Stiefvater
I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? Must to thy motions lovers'seasons run? Saucy pedantic… — John Donne
I was an arden Hayes man, but that was natural, for I was pretty young at the time, I have since convinced myself that the… — Mark Twain
Woman, thou shouldst ever be clothed in rags and in mourning, appearing only as a penitent, drowned in tears, and expiating thus the sin of… — Tertullian
What children don't understand, and can't understand until they grow up some, is how much the whole fabric and process of human society depends on… — Ursula K. Le Guin

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