Shipwrecked Quotes

38 Shipwrecked quotes by 33 unique authors

I was shipwrecked before I got aboard. — Seneca the Younger
The follies, vices, and consequent miseries of multitudes, displayed in a newspaper, are so many admonitions and warnings, so many beacons, continually burning, to turn… — Thomas Hartwell Horne
A soul so pitiably forlorn, If such do on this earth abide, May season apathy with scorn, May turn indifference to pride; And still be… — William Wordsworth
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. — Albert Einstein
There are moments in life when a man retreats defensively, when he must give ground, when he must surrender less important positions in order to… — Milan Kundera
He thanked her and left the house in the mood of a shipwrecked man who has allowed the rescue ship to pass him by. — Audrey Niffenegger
It seems to me,' said Magid finally, as the moon became clearer than the sun, 'that you have tried to love a man as if… — Zadie Smith
He sees the land of meaning, and one path to it, and the so-called “normal” people traveling swiftly and in comfort to the land; he… — Janet Frame
He felt as if he had been shipwrecked on the Titanic, but in the nick of time had been rescued. By the Lusitania — Terry Pratchett
What I was afraid of was my own grief, the weight of it, the ineluctable corrosive force of it, and the stark awareness I had… — John Banville
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods. — Albert Einstein
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is… — Ritu Ghatourey
A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world: it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is… — Washington Irving

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