Lethary Quotes & Sayings

Who, on seeing a Parisian apartment house, has never thought of it as indestructible? A bomb, a fire, an earthquake could certainly bring it down, but what else? In the eyes of an individual, of a family, or even a dynasty, a town, street, or house seems unchangeable, untouchable by time, by the ups and downs of human life, to such an extent that we believe we can compare and contrast the fragility of our condition to the invulnerability of stone. — Georges Perec

California is a great place to live if you're an orange. — Fred Allen

Governments too steady and uniform, as they are seldom free, so are they, in the judgment of some attended with another sensible inconvenience: they abate the active powers of men; depress courage, invention, and genius; and produce a universal lethary in the people. — David Hume

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. — George Eliot

Hold the question in your mind, but lightly, like it was something alive. — Philip Pullman

In all things essential, unity; in all things nonessential, liberty; and in all things, love. — Thabiti M. Anyabwile

I think, Sir, my potential got a hell of a thumping when I happened to be born where I was born with the parents I got'.

Your potential boy, is what you achieve regardless of unavoidable disadvantages, what what you can conveniently call upon as an excuse for intellectual lethary, or the lesser, and in most cases forgivable, crime of failure. — David Logan

But what after all is one night? A short space, especially when the darkness dims so soon, and so soon a bird sings, a cock crows, or a faint green quickens, like a turning leaf, in the hollow of the wave. — Virginia Woolf

He who has set his heart exclusively upon the pursuit of worldly welfare is always i a hurry, for he has but a limited time at his disposal to reach, to grasp, and to enjoy it. — Alexis De Tocqueville