Quotes by Decay Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time. Abraham Joshua Heschel decayfailingspiritual When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity, or of a greater stock being employed in it than before. Adam Smith prosperitydecaycomplaining See how time makes all grief decay. Adelaide Anne Procter decaygrieftime Great nations do not succumb through lost wars, but rather through racial decay and the destruction of their internal order. Adolf Hitler decaywarorder Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay. Albert Einstein decaydoeanimal Now, a corpse, poor thing, is an untouchable and the process of decay is, of all pieces of bad manners, the vulgarest imaginable. For a corpse is, by definition, a person absolutely devoid of savoir vivre. Aldous Huxley decaydyingdeath The woods decay, the woods decay and fall. Alfred Lord Tennyson decaywoodsfall Without adventure all civilization is full of decay. Adventure rarely reaches its predetermined end. Columbus never reached China. Alfred North Whitehead decayadventurecivilization Systems, scientific or philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is a triumphant success: in its decay it is an obstructive nuisance. Alfred North Whitehead nuisancedecayunderstanding I don't do anything with my life except romanticize and decay with indecision. Allen Ginsberg decayindecision Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. Ambrose Bierce decayspirituallife My approach to photograph is kept simple, almost routine. All work, good and bad, is documented. I use standard film, a standard lens and no filters. Each work grows, strays, decays-integral parts of a cycle which the photograph shows at its height, marking the moment when the work is most alive. There is an intensity about a work at its peak that I hope is expresses in the image. Process and decay are implicit. Andy Goldsworthy decaysimpleuse Any growing interest in soccer can only be a sign of the nation's moral decay. Ann Coulter decaygrowingsoccer All is more or less proper to serve as a common measure, in proportion as it is more or less in general use, of a more similar quality, and more easy to be divided into aliquot parts. All is more or less applicable for the purpose of a general pledge of exchange, in proportion as it is less susceptible of decay or alteration in quantity or quality. Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune decayqualityuse Decay is quiet but ghastly, explosion is dramatic and dreadful. There's not much to choose between the two of them in reality, and most of our lives have sufficient of both. Anne Roiphe decaytworeality Mutability is written upon all things. Antoine Rivarol mutabilitydecayall-things By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay. Aristotle decaygrowsmean The downfall of civilized states tends to come not from the direct assaults of foes, but from internal decay combined with the consequences of exhaustion in war. B. H. Liddell Hart decaymilitarywar Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short; And done, we straight repent us of the sport: Let us not rush blindly on unto it, Like lustful beasts, that only know to do it: For lust will languish, and that heat decay, But thus, thus, keeping endless Holy-. Ben Jonson decaylustsports Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. Benjamin Disraeli decaysupportcommunication1234567891011»
