Complaining Quote by Joseph Addison

Great Pompey's shade complains that we are slow, And Scipio's ghost walks unavenged amongst us!

— Joseph Addison

Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.

— Plutarch

The birds that wake the morning, and those that love the shade; The winds that sweep the mountain or lull the drowsy glade; The…

— Reginald Heber

“Give me a companion of my way, be it only to mention how the shadows lengthen as the sun declines,' wrote Hazlitt. Pratap”

— Ruskin Bond

Walk in this faithless grass with studious tread, Lest mice, weasels, germane beasts, too soon The tall hat and eyes, the fierce feet, for…

— Allen Tate

Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow.

— Thomas Campion

“A wolf cannot outrun its shadow.”

— Josh Lanyon

“False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us when we walk in sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into shade.”

— Bovee

Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines everywhere.

— William Shakespeare

I like a good pompadour.

— Brian Setzer

“For some reason, the sight of snow descending on fire always makes me think of the ancient world – legionaries in sheepskin warming themselves…

— Anthony Powell