Quotes
Quotes about World
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
Syllables govern the world.
Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?
If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.
To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.
We defend ourself with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.
The merry lark he soars on high, No worldly thought o'ertakes him. He sings aloud to the clear blue sky, And the daylight that awakes him.
Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold That cedar tops and hills seem burnished gold.
Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true wit or good sense never excited a laugh since the creation of the world.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone.
It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.
To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.
To work in the world lovingly means that we are defining what we will be for, rather than reacting to what we are against. -Christina Baldwin.
A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.
Liberty, not communism, is the most contagious force in the world.
It is a vanity to persuade the world one hath much learning, by getting a great library.
If a lie is repeated often enough all the dumb jackasses in the world not only get to believe it, they even swear by it.
A lie can run around the world before the truth can get it's boots on.
Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each, Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all Where pity is, for pity makes the world Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb so to the tomb. Curst from his cradle, and brought up to years with cares and fears. Who then to frail mortality shall trust, But limns the water, or but writes in dust.
If you are not the lead sled dog, the world looks pretty much the same every day.
The hero is the one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.
Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.
