Shuns Quotes

24 quotes by 23 authors

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored. — Jean de la Bruyere
When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles, When he stops studying the Bible, the devil laughs. When he stops praying, the… — Corrie Ten Boom
How delicate her feet who shuns the ground, Stepping a-tiptoe on the heads of men. — Homer
Despite popular opinion, there are no important parallels between Madonna and Monroe, who was a virtuoso comedienne but who was in secure, depressive, passive-aggressive, and… — Camille Paglia
The intelligent person is not one who merely knows what is good and what is bad. The intelligent person is one who, when he sees… — Abu Nu`aym
Weapons are ominous tools. They are abhorred by all creatures. Anyone who follows the Way shuns them. — Laozi
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. — Edmund Waller
The difference between faith and superstition is that the first uses reason to go as far as it can, and then makes the jump; the… — Sydney J. Harris
Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. — Samuel Johnson
Women are the most charitable creatures, and the most troublesome. He who shuns women passes up the trouble, but also the benefits. He who puts… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings. — William Shakespeare
Opportunity can benefit no man who has not fitted himself to seize it and use it. Opportunity woos the worthy, shuns the unworthy. Prepare yourself… — B. C. Forbes
In distinguishing between Islamic teachings and social taboos, we must remember that Islam forbids injustice; Injustice against people, against nations, against women. It shuns race,… — Benazir Bhutto
A decrepit society shuns humor as a decrepit individual shuns drafts. — Malcolm Muggeridge
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. — Victor Hugo
He who shuns the millstone, shuns the meal. — Desiderius Erasmus
Man is nothing but insincerity, falsehood, and hypocrisy, both in regard to himself and in regard to others. He does not wish that he should… — Blaise Pascal
The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs… — Steven Pressfield
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and… — Maimonides
WEATHERS This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly; And the little brown… — Thomas Hardy

Who Wrote These Shuns Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 24 Shuns Quotes as follows: