“ On his weary couch Fat Luxury, sick of the night's debauch, Lay groaning, fretful at the obtrusive beam That through his lattice peeped derisively. ”
- Robert Pollok- Copy
- 1.8K
“ They shall not pass till the stars be darkened; two swords crossed in front of the Hun, never a groan but God has harkened, counting their cruelties one by one. ”
- Katharine Lee Bates- Copy
- 3.8K
“ We count on winning. And if we lose, don't beef. And the best way to prevent beefing is - don't lose. ”
- Knute Rockne- Copy
- 4K
“ Others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine. ”
- Barbara Gordon- Copy
- 21
“ Our groanings, which cannot be uttered, rise to Him and tell Him better than words how dependent we are upon Him. ”
- Hallesby- Copy
- 3.6K
“ But how carve way i' the life that lies before, If bent on groaning ever for the past? ”
- Robert Browning- Copy
- 376
“ The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh. ”
- Minna Thomas Antrim- Copy
- 1.5K
“ It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach. ”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt- Copy
- 1.2K
“ For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past. ”
- Solomon Ibn Gabirol- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The cannon thunders… limbs fly in all directions… one can hear the groans of victims and the howling of those performing the sacrifice… it's humanity in search of happiness. ”
- Charles Baudelaire- Copy
- 1.9K
“ One half the world must sweat and groan that the other half may dream. ”
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow- Copy
- 1.7K
“ My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, like a fiend hid in a cloud. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Cry "havoc!" and let loose the dogs of war, that this foul deed shall smell above the earth with carrion men, groaning for burial. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
- 3.6K
“ The sense of humor is the oil of life's engine. Without it, the machinery creaks and groans. No lot is so hard, no aspect of things is so grim, but it relaxes before a hearty laugh. ”
- George S. Merriam- Copy
- 2.9K
“ Nature, in darkness, groans and men are bound to sullen contemplation in the night. Restless, they turn on beds of sorrow; in their inmost brain feeling the crushing wheels, they rise, they write the bitter words of stern philosophy and knead the bread of knowledge with tears and groans. ”
- Sir William Blake- Copy
- 2.3K
“ Spring is about to spring. Persephone is coming back and the ice is groaning, about to break with the exquisite and deafening roar. It's a time for madness; a time for our fangs to come down and our eyes to glaze over so that the beast in us can sing with unmitigated joy… ”
- David Assael- Copy
- 71
“ You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe. ”
- Daisaku Ikeda- Copy
- 3.5K
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