Curse Quote by Hannah More Download Open image ““Twas doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague us worse?”” — Hannah More ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Curse Indolence Nothing Plague Vice Worse
“Your only vice is yourself. The worst of all. The really incurable one.” — Alfred Hayes Copy Share Image
“A vice is a thing which may be applauded in moderation but becomes horrific in overuse.” — Graham Moore Copy Share Image
“There is no worse penalty for vice than the fact that it is dissatisfied with itself and all its fellows.” — Seneca Copy Share Image
“And of all the plagues with which mankind are cursed, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.” — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
“We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its… — James Williams Copy Share Image
“Curse him to eternal damnation! Yes! Of course!" came the emotional reply. "Don't curse him," I said softly. "Remember--he's only a machine, just an… — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
“But if you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Yes, thou art ever present, power divine; not circumscribed by time, nor fixed by space, confined to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth,… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
We are too ready to imagine that we are religious, because we know something of religion. We appropriate to ourselves the pious sentiments we read, and we talk as if the thoughts of other men's heads were really the feelings of our own hearts. But piety has not its seat in the memory, but in the affections, for which however… — Hannah More Copy Share
A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
The old men of the village of Mahotière say that the Mistress of the Water is a mulatto woman. At midnight she comes out of the spring and sings while combing her dripping long hair, which makes a sound sweeter than a violin. It is a song of perdition for whomever hears it. There is no sign of the Cross,… — Jacques Roumain Copy Share
Were you indeed not blinded by the Curse Of Self-exile, that still grows worse and worse, Yourselves would know that, though you see him… — Farid al-Din Attar Copy Share Image
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a… — Steve Southerland Copy Share Image
I especially like the songs Hurry Up and The Curse Of Castle Dragon, and I often include them in my live show. — Paul Gilbert Copy Share Image
If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over labour, entertainment… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“Mungu akikubariki kipaji chako watu watasema ni laana. Maisha yako ni sawa na mto. Unakoelekea ni baharini. Lakini sasa umefika kwenye mlango wa bahari. Unahangaika upite wapi kufika baharini, ambapo utaogelea kwa kadiri utakavyoweza. Utakapofika baharini, watu, badala ya kusema umebarikiwa, watasema umelaaniwa, badala ya kukuita malaika, watakuita shetani. Mafanikio hayapimwi kwa pesa au mali kiasi gani unayo, mafanikio yanapimwa… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share
Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one… — James Harvey Robinson Copy Share Image
You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul; and assure yourselves thus much, you do as much as in you lies to put the Lord Jesus Christ from you, and if you go on in this course you begin, you will bring a curse upon you and your posterity, and the… — Anne Hutchinson Copy Share
Mothers." The man made a word sound like a curse. "I think birthing does something to your minds. You are all mad. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why dost thou shrink from my approach, O Man? Why dost thou ever flee in fear, and cling To my false rival, Life? I do but bring Thee rest and calm. Then wherefore dost thou ban And curse me? Since the forming of God's plan I have not hurt or harmed a mortal thing, I have bestowed sweet balm for… — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copy Share
Actually,” I said, hesitant to bring it up, “I was thinking along the lines of a curse that can turn you human.” “Or witch?”… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image