Quotations Page 'G'
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Abhor that which is evil ! cleave to that which is good.
- New Testament -
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Pitchers have ears, and I have many servants.
- Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew -
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It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.
- Swift, Conduct of the Allies -
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Foul whisperings are abroad.
- Shakespeare -
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people.
- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburge Address -
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The safety of the State is the highest law.
- Justinian -
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Every country has the Government it deserves.
- Joseph De Maister -
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No government can possibly withstand the bloodless opposition of a whole nation.
- Mahatma Gandhi -
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You are a fallen from grace.
- Galatians -
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Such easy greatness, such a graceful portSo turned and finished for the camp or court.
- Addison, Campaign -
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The word 'Grace' in an ungracious muck is profane.
- Addison, Campaign -
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Why care for grammar as long we are good !
- Artemus, Ward, Pyrotechny -
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For all your rhetorician's rules.Teach nothing but to name his tools.
- Butler, Hubbiras -
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The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge.
- Old Testament, Ezekiel -
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Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
- J.B.Massieu -
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Though the thorn in thy flower pricked me.O Beauty, I am grateful.
- Tagore, Fireflies -
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Gratitude is a lively sense of future favours.
- Sir Robert Walpole -
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Grave is but the threshold of eternity.
- Southey -
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There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary be at rest.
- Old Testament, Job -
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