Country Quote by William E. Gladstone Download Open image “Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds.” — William E. Gladstone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Country Crowns Doe Frailty Knows Life Littles Men Mercy Rivers Sin Swimming Wind Years
We have to look deeply at things in order to see. When a swimmer enjoys the clear water of the river, he or she… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He who seeks the water, shall not see himself. Because if he thinks he isn't the water, the water shall drown him. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways. — Ovid Copy Share
“The flow of the river is ceaseless; and its water is never the same. The foam that floats in the pools Now gathering, now… — Kamo no Chōmei Copy Share Image
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
When a man must be afraid to drink freely from his country's river and streams that country is no longer fit to live in. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
If water stands motionless in a pool it grows stale and muddy, but when it moves and flows it becomes clear: so, too, man… — Muhammad Asad Copy Share Image
He that had never seen a river, imagined the first he met with to be the sea. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people , only qualified by fear ; but… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer,… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less detestable and odious. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
All the wonders of the Greek civilization heaped together are less wonderful than the single book of Psalms. Greece had all that this world… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image