Forfeit Quote by John Lubbock

Don Quixote followed nature, and being satisfied with his first sleep, did not solicit more. As for Sancho, he never wanted a second, for…

— Miguel de Cervantes

Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

— Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

It is almost impossible to imagine that any one could be so insensible to the high morality of Mr. Mill's character as to suggest…

— Millicent Fawcett

It is better to emit a scream in the shape of a theory than to be entirely insensible to the jars and incongruities of…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

The stones and trees, insensible to time, / Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; / If Winter come, and greenness then…

— Anne Bradstreet

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They…

— Emile Durkheim

Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others,…

— Diogenes

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

— Saadi

So, Fabricius, I already have this: that the most true path of the planet [Mars] is an ellipse, which Dürer also calls an oval,…

— Johannes Kepler

The conscience of America seems to be paralyzed... We seem to be insensible to the things that are now taking place on motion picture…

— Billy Graham

To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of.

— George Washington

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings.

— Emile Durkheim