"A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should……" — Stephen Crane
"A serious prophet upon predicting a flood should be the first man to climb a tree. This would demonstrate that he was indeed a seer."
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41 Quotes by Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane has 41 quotes on this site.
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These stupid peasants, who, throughout the world, hold potentates on their thrones, make statesmen illustrious, provide generals with lasting victories,…
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Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the…
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The red sun was pasted in the sky like a wafer.
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Every sin is the result of collaboration.
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It was surprising that Nature had gone tranquilly on with her golden process in the midst of so much devilment.
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Doubtless there are other roads.
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A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that…
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A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind…
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I saw a man pursuing the horizon
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The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting.…
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When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound…
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Such an assemblage of the spraddle-legged men of the middle class, whose hands were bent and shoulders stooped from delving…
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More Climb Quotes
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If there was the opportunity to climb a mountain, or to go ballooning, or some adventurous activity, I would always…
— Roger Bannister
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I may climb perhaps to no great heights, but I will climb alone.
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.
— Mary J. Blige
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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb,…
— Robert Burton
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The allegedly 'classy' magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up…
— Julie Burchill
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We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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When you reach the top, that's when the climb begins.
— Michael Caine
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You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
— Andrew Carnegie
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Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb…
— Zig Ziglar
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When we face seemingly insurmountable obstacles in the fulfillment of righteous responsibilities, we should remember that when we are involved…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
— Confucius
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Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit…
— Yvon Chouinard
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