Wretch Quotes

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In the whole world no poor devil is lynched, no wretch is tortured, in whom I too am not degraded and murdered. — Aime Cesaire
I love drinking now and then. It defecates the standing pool of thought. A man perpetually in the paroxysm and fears of inebriety is like… — Robert Burns
Don't worry about your caddie. He may be an irritating little wretch, but for eighteen holes he is your caddie. — Arnold Haultain
The mind maketh good or ill, wretch or happy, rich or poor. — Edmund Spenser
Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom. — Giacomo Casanova
You bear God within you, poor wretch, and know it not. — Epictetus
This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they… — George Crabbe
A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you… — Charles Robert Maturin
Youâ€™ve got to be prepared for the names they are going to call you compared to your male peersâ€¦ You will be a floozy and… — Courtney Love
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou… — Seneca the Younger
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
The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your… — Robert Burns
Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God… — John Wolcot
The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot… — Hannah More
Did you forget? I'm a heartless wretch! — Davy Jones
It's been said that no man is a hero to a newspaperman, and I spent too many years as an ink-stained wretch. — David Simon
ART, n. This word has no definition. Its origin is related by the ingenious Father Gassalasca Jape as "One day a wag - what would… — Ambrose Bierce
What joy is ours that the Lord not only forgives our sins ,but allows the soul to know Him, so soon as she humbles herself.… — Silouan the Athonite
I think it perfectly just, that he who, from the love of experiment, quits an approved for an uncertain practice, should suffer the full penalty… — Thomas Beddoes
Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler,… — Benjamin Franklin

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