"The proud will sooner lose than ask their…" — Charles Churchill
"The proud will sooner lose than ask their way."
—
Charles Churchill
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
51 Quotes by Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill has 51 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Keep up appearances; there lies the test. The world will give thee credit for the rest.
-
Those who would make us feel must feel themselves.
-
Genius is independent of situation.
-
No tribute is laid on castles in the air.
-
Man and wife, Coupled together for the sake of strife.
-
Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.
-
Who to patch up his fame, or fill his purse, Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse; Like gypsies,…
-
He hurts me most who lavishly commends.
-
Genius is of no country.
-
The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the…
-
Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
-
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded…
See all 51 quotes by Charles Churchill »
More Ask Quotes
This quote is filed under Ask Quotes,
one of 8,438 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure…
— Aristotle
-
Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
— Richard Bach
-
If journalists ask you again and again about the same bands, you'll end up saying you hate them just because…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
-
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
— Louis Armstrong
-
I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever…
— Bella Abzug
-
I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help…
— Rodney Atkins
-
To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?
— Wystan Hugh Auden
-
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
-
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other…
— Saint Augustine
-
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing…
— Jane Austen
-
The Holy Spirit is our comforter, our teacher. That's why, in prayer, we can ask the Lord to open up…
— Michele Bachmann
-
I'm not an actor that tends to care. I don't ask 'Is this a close up? Is this a master?…
— Christian Bale
See all 8,438 Ask Quotes »