Quotes by Decay Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. Joseph Addison admiration-and-respectdecaypassion There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country. Joseph Addison decaywantcountry Sometimes death is proof of life. Sometimes decay points out a certain verve. Karen Thompson Walker proofdecaysometimes There is one great fact, characteristic of this our nineteenth century, a fact which no party dares deny. On the one hand, there have started into life industrial and scientific forces which no epoch of former human history had ever suspected. On the other hand, there exist symptoms of decay, far surpassing the horrors recorded of the latter times of the Roman empire. In our days everything seems pregnant with its contrary. Karl Marx decaypartyhands A nation that encourages its people to spend more and save less promotes economic backwardness, social decay and its own financial doom. Kurt Richebacher decayfinancialpeople Things exalted then decay. This is going against the Way. What goes against the Way meets an early end. Laozi taoismdecayway But I believe there is a decay that is eroding America, and as a result, God begins to disappear from our society. Lee Greenwood decaybelieveamerica Soap, a cleaning product, can be made from decay. Leonardo Drew cleaningsoapdecay All perishes, all decays, all is born again. Leonid Andreyev decaybornborn-again Surely revival delays because prayer decays. Leonard Ravenhill delaydecayprayer One thing and one thing alone keeps us from complete decay in this hour - the church, the true Church. Leonard Ravenhill decayhourschurch We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections. Lewis H. Lapham decaymoneymen Every work of art is an abstraction from time; it denies the reality of change and decay and death. Lewis Mumford decayrealityart Statesmen and beauties are very rarely sensible of the gradations of their decay. Lord Chesterfield decayyouthage What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay. Lord Byron sunsetdecaydeath Thy decay's still impregnate with divinity. Lord Byron divinitydecayage We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body. Lucretius decaystrengthmind We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays. Lucretius decaybodymind What is love, if it can calculate and provide against its own decay? Madame de Stael what-is-lovedecayifs There is change in all things. You yourself are subject to continual change and some decay, and this is common to the entire universe. Marcus Aurelius decaychangecommon«23456789101112»
