Quotes 721 till 740 of 2262.
-
I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
-
I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
-
I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
-
I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
-
I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
Source: Up From Slavery (1901) -
I would rather be a beggar and single than a queen and married.
-
I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.
-
I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
-
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within.
-
I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark would burn out in a brilliant blaze than be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
-
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.
-
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
-
I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome.
-
I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
Source: (1999) -
I would rather be guilty of talking over a person's head than behind his back.
-
I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
-
I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.
-
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.
All would-be famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 37)
