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 decaywallsupport We've allowed our military to decay, and we project weakness on the international stage. Rick Scott decayweaknessmilitary 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 decaytakenlying There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death. Robinson Jeffers decayreasonculture 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 decaydiseaseyoga Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay. Sallust balance-and-harmonydecayinspirational Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. Sallust increasedecayfall There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind. Sarah Josepha Hale decaymindloss The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay. Samuel Johnson slenderdecaydisease 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 materialismdecayspiritual 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 decaypainsoul An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away. Samuel Johnson innocencedecayage But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Samuel Johnson innocencedecayage 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 decaybalancegovernment A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay. Simon Bolivar decayvirtuefall 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 decaydepressinggolf 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 decayproblemtime All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay. Tacitus decaygrowthbody 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 decayblacksun 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 decaycracksslides«23456789101112»
