Quotes with flies

Quotes 21 till 27 of 27.

  • Nadine Gordimer The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.
    Nadine Gordimer
    South african writer (1923 - 2014)
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  • Juvenal The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies far away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and woman, old age is upon us.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
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  • Charles De Montesquieu There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords. Lords without anger and honor, who dare not carry their swords. They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labor and laughter as a tired man looks at flies.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Robert Orben Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator.
    Robert Orben
    American editor, writer, humorist (1927 - 2023)
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  • Jackie Kennedy Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer.
    Jackie Kennedy
    First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1929 - 1994)
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  • Jean Paul Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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