Withers Quotes

81 Withers quotes by 71 unique authors

Human life is but of brief duration. 'All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass… — Saint Basil
Pleasure is to a woman what the sun is to the flower: if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it… — Charles Caleb Colton
I was a huge Beatles fan. The Stones, Dylan. Later on, I got into Stevie Wonder, and Bill Withers - he's one of my heroes.… — Adam Levine
Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk. — George MacDonald
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at… — J. B. Priestley
Time that withers you will wither me. We will fall like ripe fruit and roll down the grass together. Dear friend, let me lie beside… — Jeanette Winterson
Why does an apple fall when it is ripe? Is it brought down by the force of gravity? Is it because its stalk withers? Because… — Leo Tolstoy
a generation that cannot endure boredom will be a generation of little men, of men unduly divorced from the slow process of nature, of men… — Bertrand Russell
The curse of mortality. You spend the first portion of your life learning, growing stronger, more capable. And then, through no fault of your own,… — Brandon Mull
Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers violent affections, and much more quickly. — Fernando Pessoa
When the State withers, humanity flowers. — Anthony Burgess
Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. Thatâ€™s why Calvin said… — John Piper
It is still summer, but the summer is no longer alive. It has come to a standstill; nothing withers, and fall is not ready to… — Tove Jansson
You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It happens every day.… — Mitch Albom
Life has always seemed to me like a plant that lives on its rhizome. Its true life is invisible, hidden in the rhizome. The part… — Carl Jung
One withers, another grows. — Mitch Albom
Love doesn't go anywhere when you die, you know. The person passes on, the body withers, but love, it survives. — Sarah Strohmeyer
Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother's busy holding your attention every moment you're awake.… — Chuck Palahniuk
Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away,but love stays with us. Love is God. — Lew Wallace
Culture is sustained in our synapses...It's more than what can be reduced to binary code and uploaded onto the Net. To remain vital, culture must… — Nicholas G. Carr

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