Stain Quotes

181 quotes by 157 authors

Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. — Saint Augustine
Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness. — Samuel Beckett
Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to… — Henry Ward Beecher
Great Spirit-I want no blood upon my land to stain the grass. I want it all clear and pure, and I wish it so, that… — Ten Bears
It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. . . . Even the… — Coleman Dowell
We are tired who follow after fantasy and truth that flies: You with only look and laughter stain our hearts with richest dyes. — George William Russell
I could not have gone through the awful wretched mess of life without having left a stain upon the silence. — Samuel Beckett
A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing… — William Hazlitt
Let our lives be pure as snowfields, where our steps leave a mark but no stain. — Sophie Swetchine
He has outsoared the shadow of our night; envy and calumny and hate and pain, and that unrest which men miscall delight, can touch him… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a… — Brian Stableford
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of… — Pope Pius IX
I don't really care if my clothes are wrinkled or there's a stain on my shirt. Going out on the road, your clothes are dirty. — Avril Lavigne
The administration Ill bring is a group of men and women who are focused on whats best for America, honest men and women, decent men… — George W. Bush
Now no joy but lacks salt That is not dashed with pain And weariness and fault; I crave the stain Of tears, the aftermark Of… — Robert Frost
The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. — William Ames
Whenever I read _Time_ or _Newsweek_ or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward. But how to wash off the small but odious stain such… — Edward Abbey
Whenever I see people with their collars up, I'm tempted to point it out to them like you would for someone who has a food… — Stephan Pastis
I did not know that history is like a blood stain that keeps on showing on the wall no matter how many new owners take… — Peter Carey

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