Slain Quotes

106 Slain quotes by 87 unique authors

They must be slain by the Law before they can be made alive by the gospel. — Charles Spurgeon
Christianity as a specific doctrine was slain with Jesus, suddenly and utterly. He was hardly cold in his grave, or high in his heaven (as… — George Bernard Shaw
England has to fulfill a double mission in India: one destructive, the other regenerating - the annihilation of old Asiatic society, and the laying the… — Karl Marx
If one of two lovers is loyal, and the other jealous and false, how may their friendship last, for Love is slain! — Marie de France
See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is… — Samuel Rutherford
He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again. — Tacitus
War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But 'twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and… — Rudyard Kipling
That same night, I wrote my first short story. It took me thirty minutes. It was a dark little tale about a man who found… — Khaled Hosseini
The Ogre does what ogres can, Deeds quite impossible for Man, But one prize is beyond his reach: The Ogre cannot master speech. About a… — Wystan Hugh Auden
And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! He chortled in his joy. — Lewis Carroll
Come away, come away, Death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath, I am slain by a fair cruel… — William Shakespeare
He said that men believe the blood of the slain to be of no consequence but that the wolf knows better. He said that the… — Cormac McCarthy
i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am… — R A Salvatore
Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names. It was love lashed by its own… — Khalil Gibran
It isn't given to us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but ay, And that bare vowel ay shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. I am not… — William Shakespeare
Yet at the last Beren was slain by the Wolf that came from the gates of Angband, and he died in the arms of Tinúviel.… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane... — Vladimir Nabokov
When you kill a beast, say to him in your heart: ~By the same power that slays you, I too am slain, and I too… — Khalil Gibran
What is plucked will grow again, What is slain lives on, What is stolen will remain-- What is gone is gone. — Peter S. Beagle
I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain. — Seth Grahame-Smith
I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I Lived… — Vladimir Nabokov
The people of Ankh-Morpork had a straightforward, no-nonsense approach to entertainment, and while they were looking forward to seeing a dragon slain, they'd be happy… — Terry Pratchett
...there is therefore now no condemnation for two reasons: you are dead now; and God, as the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,… — Robert Farrar Capon
Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'tis time to part. — Thomas Paine

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