Quotes about decay
men age decay
He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age. Francis Bacon
firsts decay accepting
The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it. Francesca Annis
political-language decay chaos
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end. George Orwell
garden smell decay
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay. George Meredith
art culture decay
All false art, all vain wisdom, lasts its time but finally destroys itself, and its highest culture is also the epoch of its decay. Immanuel Kant
peace decay stealing
So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays. Homer
government decay politics
The excrement bubbles, the century slime decays, and the brainwashing government lackeys would have us say it's under control. Jethro Tull
bird blooming decay
She seemed to belong to that pagan, primitive kingdom of birds and forests where everything was infinitely abundant, wild, blooming, and royal in its perpetual decay, death, and rebirth; illicit and clashing with the human world. Jerzy Kosinski
religious together decay
Among the many reasons assignable for the sad decay of true Christianity, perhaps the neglecting to assemble ourselves together, in religious societies, may not be one of the least. George Whitefield
art together decay
One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together. Jean-Luc Godard
funeral decay body
The point is that no matter what you choose to do with your body when you die, it won't, ultimately, be very appealing. If you are inclined to donate yourself to science, you should not let images of dissection or dismemberment put you off. They are no more or less gruesome, in my opinion, than ordinary decay or the sewing shut of your jaws via your nostrils for a funeral viewing. Mary Roach
decay world path
Pessimism negates the existing world. Yet its negating is ambiguous. It can simply will decay and nothingness, but it can also renounce what exists and thus open a path for a new formation of the world. Martin Heidegger
decay blind satire
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire. Theodor Adorno
decay form all-things
All things that have form eventually decay." -Orochimaru Masashi Kishimoto
age trying decay
As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay. Mason Cooley
growth age decay
Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age.
justice forever decay
For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any indulgence. I dearly wished that it would keep going without hesitation or deviation, in a spirit of purity forever. Naguib Mahfouz
song decay done
What is to be done? We who are still half alive, living in the often fibrillating heartland of a senescent capitalism -- can we do more than reflect the decay around and within us? Can we do more than sing our sad and bitter songs of disillusion and defeat? R. D. Laing
decay empires command
Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. Ovid
gambling decay tables
The familiarities of the gaming-table contribute very much to the decay of politeness ... The pouts and quarrels that naturally arise from disputes must put an end to all complaisance, or even good will towards one another. Mary Wortley Montagu
block decay republic
Homosexuality is not a civil right. Its rise almost always is accompanied, as in the Weimar Republic, with a decay of society and a collapse of its basic cinder block, the family. Pat Buchanan
weakness decay kind
Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old. Oscar Wilde
mind decay body
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays. Lucretius
strength mind decay
We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
knowledge drug decay
Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep. Michel de Montaigne
joy decay fortune
Alas! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay, And those who prize the trifling things, More trifling still than they. Oliver Goldsmith
business decay proud
Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay.
men decay wealth
Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
men land decay
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
men decay wealth
Wealth accumulates, and men decay.
order decay faces
We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces. Henry W. Kendall
eye shining decay
Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining, Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day, Tremulous leaves, with soft and silver lining, Buds that open only to decay. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
religious people decay
People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die. Hector Hugh Munro