Quotes of Wind - somelinesforyou

“ I have not loved the world, nor the world me; I have not flatter'd its rank breath, nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee. ”

- Lord Byron

“ I would that I were low laid in my grave. I am not worth this coil that's made for me. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again. ”

- Bonnie Prudden

“ The wind bloweth where it listeth. ”

- Bible

“ An ill wind that bloweth no man good - The blower of which blast is she. ”

- John Heywood

“ Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils. ”

- Bible

“ A host of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I but when the trees bow down their heads, the wind is passing by. ”

- Christina Rossetti

“ I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Soft o'er the shrouds aerial whispers breathe, That seemed but zephyrs to the train beneath. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are. ”

- Czeslaw Milosz

“ In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. ”

- Bible

“ Charity, dear Miss Prism, charity! None of us are perfect. I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-"I Can't," take a deep breath and say instead, "My resources are otherwise engaged. ”

- Peter McWilliams

“ The violets were past their prime, Yet their departing breath Was sweeter, in the blast of death, Than all the lavish fragrance of the time. ”

- James Montgomery

“ A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire. ”

- George Herbert

“ No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ To a crazy ship all winds are contrary. ”

- George Herbert

“ The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. ”

- Titus Livius

“ Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Heap on more wood - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. ”

- Sir Walter Scott

“ Lull'd by soft zephyrs thro' the broken pane. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. ”

- Thomas Campbell

“ When you are through improving yourself, you are out of the game. You learn until your last breath. ”

- Richard A. Nelson

“ For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ”

- Bible

“ The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew; Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge. ”

- John Dryden

“ The wind's in the east.... I am always conscious of an uncomfortable sensation now and then when the wind is blowing in the east. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Success soon palls. The joyous time is, when the breeze first strikes your sails, and the waters rustle under your bows. ”

- Charles Buxton

“ Life is a wilderness of twists and turns, where faith is your only compass. ”

- Paul Santaguida

“ Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows. ”

- Alexander Pope
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