Spared Quotes

125 quotes by 119 authors

He, who is gone, was one of the very kindest friends I possessed, and yet he was not kinder perhaps to me, than to others.… — John Keats
The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought… — Davy Crockett
I really believe strongly that kids should be spared the runoff of their parents' lives and problems. — Dave Eggers
When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means… — Khaled Hosseini
Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the… — Albert Schweitzer
That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers. — Gore Vidal
Is it too much to ask that women be spared the daily struggle for superhuman beauty in order to offer it to the caresses of… — Germaine Greer
We need be careful how we deal with those about us, when every death carries to some small circle of survivors, thoughts of so much… — Charles Dickens
The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. — Oscar Wilde
Even when the east excited me most, even when I was keenly aware of its superiority to the broad, sprawling, swollen towns beyond the Ohio,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
She understood his eyes, colder than winter's heart. A man who knew he was dead and couldn't make himself care; you are spared that. Mashiara.… — Robert Jordan
I hold him to my chest. My love for him is the only unequivocally good thing I know is always there inside of me. It… — Elliot Perlman
If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarchâ€™s works will… — Robin Maxwell
Unless, of course, there's no such thing as chance;...in which case, we should either-optimistically-get up and cheer, because if everything is planned in advance, then… — Salman Rushdie
That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be… — Confucius
To my taste, the men in Rome are ridiculously, hurtfully, stupidly beautiful. More beautiful even than Roman women, to be honest. Italian men are beautiful… — Elizabeth Gilbert
You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the… — Jane Austen
Stephen had spared no expense in making himself more unhappy, his own position as a rejected lover clearer. — Patrick O'Brian
There are legions of us, I realized. The mothers who have broken babies, and spend the rest of our lives wondering if we should have… — Jodi Picoult

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