Swell Quotes

132 quotes by 122 authors

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger. — Sholom Aleichem
Like mighty eagle soaring light. O'er antelopes on Alpine height. The anchor heaves, the ship swings free, The sails swell full. To sea, to sea! — Thomas Lovell Beddoes
The man who prays grows, and the muscles of the soul swell from this whipcord to iron bands. — F B Meyer
Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her train. — Roger Penrose
One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire helps to give light to… — Hannah More
Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but… — Napoleon Bonaparte
I don't know about bores. Maybe you shouldn't feel too sorry if you see some swell girl getting married to them. They don't hurt anybody… — J D Salinger
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written… — Thurgood Marshall
If men were equally at risk from this condition - if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis,… — Barbara Ehrenreich
I had a swell racket. I was rewarded with honors, medals, promotions. l might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could… — Michael Parenti
Colonial system, public debts, heavy taxes, protection, commercial wars, etc., these offshoots of the period of manufacture swell to gigantic proportions during the period of… — Karl Marx
Hardly ever can a youth transferred to the society of his betters unlearn the nasality and other vices of speech bred in him by the… — William James
Now, we will compare the word unto a seed. Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if… — D. Todd Christofferson
A child isnâ€™t born bitter. I point no fingers as to who tainted the clean, pure pool of my childhood. Letâ€™s just say that when… — Hiromi
Drinking Garri doesnt mean you're poor, but allowing the garri to swell-up before drinking is Poverty — Paa Kwesi Nduom
Watching the animals come and go, and feeling the land swell up to meet them and then feeling it grow still at their departure, I… — Barry Lopez
Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er… — Walter Scott
If you sleep, Desire grows in you Like a vine in the forest. Like a monkey in the forest You jump from tree to tree,… — Gautama Buddha
How can one, who eats the flesh of others to swell his flesh, show compassion? — Thiruvalluvar

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