Quotes having the keyword Lest
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?
by Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosopher, German , born in 1970) keywords: become, bore, care, fights, hundred, lest, life, might, monster, monsters, ourselves, short, take, thereby, times, too , us But God, who is the beginning of all things, is not to be regarded as a composite being, lest perchance there should be found to exist elements prior to the beginning itself, out of which everything is composed, whatever that be which is called composite.
by Origen (Theologian , born in 185) keywords: beginning, being, called, composed, composite, elements, everything, exist, found, god, itself, lest, out, perchance, prior, regarded, should, things, whatever , which If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?
by Robert Dale Owen (Politician, Scottish , born in 1801) keywords: afraid, amid, contending, counsel, doubted, forward, go, great, hesitated, itself, lest, measure, multitude, responsibility, should, shrunk, suggested, vast, wonder , wrong A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.
by Albert Pike (Lawyer, American , born in 1809) keywords: burn, does, far, fire, freeze, his, lest, live, man, near, nor, off, should, superiors , too Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."
by Francis Quarles (Poet, English , born in 1592) keywords: enjoyments, fearful, heart, lest, prudence, satiety, temper, word, written , your She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.
by Christina Rossetti (Poet, British , born in 1830) keywords: beauty, bitter, chose, covered, eyes, gave, gaze, her, hope, joy, lest, pleasant, she, should, tender, truth, up, vanity, ways , youth Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
by Carl Sandburg (Poet, American , born in 1878) topics: Time keywords: careful, coin, determine, how, lest, life, only, other, spend, spent, time, will , your When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
by Charles de Secondat (Philosopher, French , born in 1689) keywords: apprehensions, arise, because, body, enact, execute, executive, laws, legislative, lest, liberty, magistrates, manner, may, monarch, person, powers, same, senate, should, them, tyrannical , united It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. We of the North have hitherto acquiesced in it, lest, in the endeavor to redress it in violation of the Constitution, greater evils might ensue.
by Jay Alan Sekulow (Lawyer, American , born in 1956) keywords: acquiesced, always, been, bondage, constitution, endeavor, ensue, evils, families, great, greater, held, hitherto, lest, men, might, north, redress, should, their, these, violation , wrong Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.
by Tertullian (Author, Roman , born in 160) keywords: better, complete, completing, either, hurrying, indeed, lest, little, long, postpone, too , wander As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
by John Trumbull (Artist, American , born in 1756) keywords: bear, breed, done, get, lest, lose, necks, noose, nurse, obligation, our, posterity, rights, should, their, them, though, tie, trust, us , were The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.
by Simone Weil (Philosopher, French , born in 1909) keywords: any, bread, danger, doubt, hungry, itself, lest, lie, persuade, should, soul , whether We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure.
by Peter Yarrow (Musician, American , born in 1938) keywords: action, americans, any, before, careful, deliberation, example, fail, injure, lead, leaders, lest, might, must, particularly, require, shoes, those, times, walk , world
