Quotes of Unspeakable - somelinesforyou

“ It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. ”

- Mark Twain

“ There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable. ”

- Mark Twain

“ When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ One knows so well the popular idea of health. The English country gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Oh, what a cause of thankfulness it is that we have a gracious God to go to on all occasions! Use and enjoy this privilege and you can never be miserable. Oh, what an unspeakable privilege is prayer! ”

- Lady Maxwell

“ Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart. ”

- Luigi Pirandello

“ A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ”

- John Bunyan

“ About foxhunting: The unspeakable chasing the uneatable. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ In our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either. ”

- Mark Twain

“ The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ Whenever I happen to be in a city of any size, I marvel that riots do not break out everyday: Massacres, unspeakable carnage, a doomsday chaos. How can so many human beings coexist in a space so confined without hating each other to death? ”

- Emil Cioran

“ Who has not felt the beauty of a woman's arm? The unspeakable suggestions of tenderness that lie in the dimpled elbow, and all the varied gently-lessening curves, down to the delicate wrist, with its tiniest, almost imperceptible nicks in the firm softness. ”

- George Eliot

“ There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. ”

- Washington Irving

“ It is misery, you know, unspeakable misery for the man who lives alone and who detests sordid, casual affairs; not old enough to do without women, but not young enough to be able to go and look for one without shame! ”

- Luigi Pirandello

“ If the Nazis have really been guilty of the unspeakable crimes circumstantially imputed to them, then — let us make no mistake — pacifism is faced with a situation with which it cannot cope. The conventional pacifist conception of a reasonable or generous peace is irrelevant to this reality. ”

- John Middleton Murry
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