Quotes with plague

  • In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence, and famine.
  • We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.

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  • George Washington My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Ben Jonson A new disease? I know not, new or old, but it may well be called poor mortals plague for, like a pestilence, it doth infect the houses of the brain till not a thought, or motion, in the mind, be free from the black poison of suspect.
    Ben Jonson
    British Dramatist, Poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Barbara Bush Avoid this crowd like the plague. And if they quote you, make damn sure they heard you.
    Barbara Bush
    American First Lady (1925 - 2018)
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  • Henry Fielding If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • George Bernard Shaw In the arts of life man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence, and famine.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Angela Carter It is far easier for a woman to lead a blameless life than it is for a man; all she has to do is to avoid sexual intercourse like the plague.
    Angela Carter
    British author (1940 - 1992)
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  • Casey Stengel It's high time something was done for the pitchers. They put up the stands and take down fences to make more home runs and plague the pitchers. Let them revive the spitter and help the pitchers make a living.
    Casey Stengel
    American basketbal player and manager (1890 - 1975)
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  • Phyllis Mcginley Oh, high is the price of parenthood, and daughters may cost you double. You dare not forget, as you thought you could, that youth is a plague and a trouble.
    Phyllis Mcginley
    American poet and author (1905 - 1978)
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  • Robert Burton One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.
    Robert Burton
    English clergyman and writer (1577 - 1640)
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  • Norman Douglas Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.
    Norman Douglas
    British Author (1868 - 1952)
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  • Martin Luther Some plague the people with too long sermons; for the faculty of listening is a tender thing, and soon becomes weary and satiated.
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  • William Shakespeare The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices;
    Make instruments to plague us.
    King Lear 5, 3
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Napoleon The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • David Attenborough We are a plague on the Earth.
    David Attenborough
    English veteran broadcaster and naturalist (1926 - )
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  • Kofi Annan We shall not defeat any of the infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation, and basic health care.
    Faceboek (2017)
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • William Shakespeare A plague of sighing and grie blows a man up like a bladder.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Andre Breton The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations.
    Andre Breton
    French writer (1896 - 1966)
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