Quotes of Carriage - somelinesforyou

“ But at my back I always hear time's winged chariot hurrying near. ”

- Andrew Marvell

“ I have a deep sympathy with war; it so apes the gait and bearing of the soul. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ It was prettily devised of Aesop, "The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! ". ”

- Francis Bacon

“ A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise. ”

- Jean de La Fontaine

“ Away with the cant of "Measures, not men!" — the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along. No, Sir, if the comparison must be made, if the distinction must be taken, men are everything, measures comparatively nothing. ”

- George Canning

“ No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time. ”

- Emma Goldman

“ As to "Don Juan," confess that it is the sublime of that sort of writing; it may be bawdy, but is it not good English? It may be profligate, but is it not life? Is it not the thing? Could any man have written it who has not lived in the world? And tooled in a post-chaise? In a hackney coach? In a Gondola? Against a wall? In a court carriage? In a vis a vis? On a table? And under it? ”

- Lord Byron

“ You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon. ”

- David Lloyd

“ Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. ”

- Bible

“ In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; / And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. ”

- Bible

“ And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. ”

- Bible

“ A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. ”

- Morihei Ueshiba

“ Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. ”

- Bible

“ Then Lord Krishna and Arjuna, seated in a grand chariot yoked with white horses, blew their celestial conches. ”

- Bhagavad Gita

“ O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. ”

- Bible

“ On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach. ”

- Anita Loos

“ Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption. ”

- Hillary Clinton

“ Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. ”

- Bible

“ And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. ”

- Bible

“ And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. ”

- Bible

“ Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon. ”

- John Madden

“ And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. ”

- Bible

“ And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. ”

- Bible

“ So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. ”

- Bible

“ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. ”

- Bible

“ Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. ”

- Bible

“ Leisure is pain; takes off our chariot wheels; how heavily we drag the load of life! ”

- Edward Young

“ Now when I enter a carriage, it almost empties. But there's always one brave enough to stay. ”

- Grace Jones

“ Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. ”

- Lillian Hellman

“ Becuase I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. ”

- Emily Dickinson
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