Whence Quotes

203 quotes by 181 authors

Hate is a draining bottomless pit from whence nothing good or of any value can come. Try to eat a balanced diet. Guys only want… — Christopher Meloni
Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made. — Horatio Nelson
Every man has a rainy corner of his life whence comes foul weather which follows him. — Jean Paul
For no man can forbid the spark nor tell whence it may come. — Francis Bacon
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is… — Epicurus
Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go. — James A. Baldwin
I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it is because in addition… — John F. Kennedy
Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he sat up, a long stream of blood rolled down his face, he raised both arms in air,… — Victor Hugo
It does good to no woman to be flattered [by a man] who does not intend to marry her; and it is madness in all… — Charlotte Bronte
But often, in the worldâ€™s most crowded streets, But often, in the din of strife, There rises an unspeakable desire After the knowledge of our… — Matthew Arnold
Where lies the final harbor, whence we unmoor no more? In what rapt ether sails the world, of which the weariest will never weary? Where… — Herman Melville
The contract between the author and the reader is a game. And the game . . . is one of the greatest invetions of Western… — Carlos Fuentes
From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All… — Abraham Lincoln
Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startles out wonder as to who we are, and for what,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
if it is thus, I ask emphatically whence comes this thusness. — James Joyce
Apollo, sacred guard of earth's true core, Whence first came frenzied, wild prophetic word... — Marcus Tullius Cicero
What is your name?" asked Lear. Caius," said Kent. And whence do you hail?" From Bonking, sire." Well, yes, lad, as do we all," said… — Christopher Moore
Besides, if there were no dragons of flesh and blood and fire, whence would come the idea for these stone carvings? — Robin Hobb
Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world? — Isaac Newton
Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself. — Mark Twain

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