Refrains Quotes

23 Refrains quotes by 22 unique authors

Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are… — Samuel Butler
For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks backcloths, inn-signs, cheap… — Arthur Rimbaud
One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming… — Gautama Buddha
If a man can control his body and mind and thereby refrains from eating animal flesh and wearing animal products, I say he will really… — Gautama Buddha
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none. — FranÃ§ois-RenÃ© de Chateaubriand
Generosity knows how to count, but refrains. — Mason Cooley
For other things mild Heav'n a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And when… — John Milton
It is a pity, in my opinion, that no prize exists for the writer who best refrains from adding to the world's bad books. — William Saroyan
Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most… — Jeremy Begbie
A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long… — Isak Dinesen
He is careful to deny responsibility for September, but he does not, you notice, condemn the killings. He also refrains from killing words, sparing Roland… — Hilary Mantel
Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, once told me that when a brass band plays at a small club back up in one of… — Tom Piazza
Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free because he refrains from touching the walls of his dungeon. — Nicolas Gomez Davila
A man ranks lowest on the credibility index; if he refrains to appreciate the creative instinct of his acquaintances jealously, but likes the similar nature… — Unknown Author
Her vice takes hold of her again, but she still refrains until some moment when, gnawed by some hideous caprice, she comes aground like a… — Jean Lorrain
It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his… — Moses
Every man has his moral backside which he refrains from showing unless he has to and keeps covered as long as possible with the trousers… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing… — Rachel Carson
For we live with those retrievals from childhood that coalesce and echo throughout our lives, the way shattered pieces of glass in a kaleidoscope reappear… — Michael Ondaatje
There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the… — Oliver Sacks
The big diffrence between a warrior and a victim is that the victim represses and the warrior refrains. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Comparing oneself with Galileo or Einstein is certainly good for the ego, provided one refrains from going into too much detail. — John McCarthy

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