Quotes by Decay All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support. Richard Whately decay wall support We've allowed our military to decay, and we project weakness on the international stage. Rick Scott decay weakness military Every word wants to be taken literally, else it decays into a lie. But one mustn't take any word literally, else the world becomes a madhouse. Robert Musil decay taken lying There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death. Robinson Jeffers decay reason culture According to the yoga tradition, fear is the source of disease, decay - physical harm, when we're not thriving. And then finally, it's even the cause of death. Rod Stryker decay disease yoga Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay. Sallust balance-and-harmony decay inspirational Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. Sallust increase decay fall There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind. Sarah Josepha Hale decay mind loss The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay. Samuel Johnson slender decay disease The history of prevailing status quos shows decay and decadence infecting the opulent materialism of the Haves. The spiritual life of the Haves is a ritualistic justification of their possessions. Saul materialism decay spiritual Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. Samuel Johnson decay pain soul An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away. Samuel Johnson innocence decay age But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Samuel Johnson innocence decay age Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will be permanent and incapable of decay because of its own tenuity. Simon Bolivar decay balance government A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay. Simon Bolivar decay virtue fall The older I get, the more I want to do. It beats death, decay or golf in unfortunate trousers. Peace and quiet depress me. Simon Schama decay depressing golf For me, the problem of time is linked up with that of death, with the thought that we inevitably draw closer and closer to it, with the horror of decay. Simone de Beauvoir decay problem time All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay. Tacitus decay growth body Backward we traveled to reclaim the day Before we fell, like Icarus, undone; All we find are altars in decay And profane words scrawled black across the sun. Sylvia Plath decay black sun Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still. T. S. Eliot decay cracks slides «23456789101112»
