Quotes by Decay Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Oliver Goldsmith decaylandmen Where wealth accumulates, men decay. Oliver Goldsmith decaywealthmen Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. Oliver Goldsmith decayhastebusiness Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old. Oscar Wilde decayweaknesskind Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. Ovid commandempiresdecay Homosexuality is not a civil right. Its rise almost always is accompanied, as in the Weimar Republic, with a decay of society and a collapse of its basic cinder block, the family. Pat Buchanan republicdecayblock Much if not all we know about the complex mechanism responsible for the development (and stagnation) of productive forces, and for the rise and decay of social organizations, is the result of the analytical work undertaken by Marx and by those whom he inspired. Paul A. Baran decaydevelopmentorganization Worlds on worlds are rolling ever From creation to decay, Like the bubbles on a river Sparkling, bursting, borne away. Percy Bysshe Shelley rollingdecayrivers Man, who wert once a despot and a slave, A dupe and a deceiver! a decay, A traveller from the cradle to the grave Through the dim night of this immortal day. Percy Bysshe Shelley decaymennight Photography is motionless and frozen, it has the cryogenic power to preserve objects through time without decay. Peter Wollen frozendecayphotography For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay. Philip James Bailey decaycrumblingivy All things are subject to decay and change. Polybius decaysubjectsall-things Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is wrought by many a day - Shape, fortune, name, and nature all decay Plato decaychallengesnames What is to be done? We who are still half alive, living in the often fibrillating heartland of a senescent capitalism -- can we do more than reflect the decay around and within us? Can we do more than sing our sad and bitter songs of disillusion and defeat? R. D. Laing decaydonesong God is neither manifest nor hidden; He is neither revealed nor unrevealed; there are no words to tell that which He is. He is without form, without quality, without decay. Rabindranath Tagore decayqualitygod The process of transformation consists mostly of decay. Rebecca Solnit decaytransformationprocess One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial and universal values most convincingly, and claims immortality for its finite existence at the very moment when the decay which leads to death has already begun. Reinhold Niebuhr decaymomentscivilization I've seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling, I've felt all its favours and found its decay; Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing, But now it is fled, fled far, far away. Richard Cobden decayblessingsweet Now, with the general decay of religious faith , it is the scientists who must speak ex cathedra, whether they wish to or not. Richard M. Weaver decayreligiouswish Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay. Richard M. Weaver absorptiondecayease«23456789101112»
