Decay Quotes - Page 18

• Thy decay's still impregnate with divinity.

  Lord Byron

  Age, Divinity, Stills

  Lord Byron (1854). “Childe Harold's pilgrimage”, p.198

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• It is reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thought, in any part of his rational age. This is a privilege so little known to most men, that it seems almost incredible to those who, after the ordinary way, measure all others by themselves; but yet, when considered, may help us to enlarge our thoughts towards greater perfections of it, in superior ranks of spirits.

  John Locke

  Memories, Men, Perfection

  John Locke (1854). “The Philosophical Works of John Locke”, p.268

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• Since we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the decay of it.

  Richard Steele

  Health, Self, Support

  Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele (1826). “The Spectator: With Notes, and a General Index”, p.186

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• He that seeketh to be eminent amongst able men hath a great task; but that is ever good for the public. But he that plots to be the only figure amongst ciphers is the decay of a whole age.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Age, Tasks

  Francis Bacon (2015). “Bacon's Essays: Top Essays”, p.69, 谷月社

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• This whole which is visible in different ways in bodies, as far as formation, constitution, appearance, colors and other properties and common qualities, is none other than the diverse face of the same substance a changeable, mobile face, subject to decay, of an immobile, permanent and eternal being.

  Giordano Bruno

  Color, Quality, Substance

  "Cause, Principle, and Unity". Book by Giordano Bruno, 1584.

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• He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers [zeros], is the decay of the whole age.

  Francis Bacon

  Age, Plot, Ciphers

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• When profit diminishes, merchants are very apt to complain that trade decays; though the diminution of profit is the natural effect of its prosperity, or of a greater stock being employed in it than before.

  Adam Smith

  Complaining, Prosperity, Natural

  Adam Smith (2007). “The Wealth of Nations: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.60, Harriman House Limited

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• What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay.

  Lord Byron

  Death, Sunset, May

  Lord Byron (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)”, p.1317, Delphi Classics

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• Royalty is the gold filling in a mouthful of decay

  John Osborne

  Gold, Filling In, Royalty

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• Doing work which has to be done over and over again helps us recognize the natural cycles of growth and decay, of birth and death, and thus become aware of the dynamic order of the universe. "Ordinary" work, as the root meaning of the term indicates, is work that is in harmony with the order we perceive in the natural environment.

  Fritjof Capra

  Order, Roots, Growth

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• There is something about the Himalayas not possessed by the Alps, something unseen and unknown, a charm that pervades every hour spent among them, a mystery intriguing and disturbing. Confronted by them, a man loses his grasp of ordinary things, perceiving himself as immortal, an entity capable of outdistancing all changes, all decay, all life, all death.

  Frank Smythe

  Men, Unseen, Ordinary

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• All composite things decay. Strive diligently.

  Gautama Buddha

  Strive, Composites

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• By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.

  Aristotle

  Mean, Grows

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• Behold the grapes and all the fruits that Autumn gives today, As robed in red and gold, she rules, the Empress of Decay!

  Henry Abbey

  Autumn, Giving, Gold

  Henry Abbey, “Autumn Ballad”

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• We think literature is immortal, but even that decays and ultimately turns to dust.

  Mick Farren

  Thinking, Dust, Literature

  Mick Farren (2010). “Darklost”, p.170, Macmillan

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• When people complain of the decay of manners they have in mind not the impudent abbreviations of the crowd, but the decline in bowing and scraping and in speaking of one's employer as "the master." What the rich mean by the good manners of the poor is usually not civility, but servility.

  Robert Wilson Lynd

  Mean, People, Good Man

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• The beginning is always so fine!! But decay soon follows. A degeneration into the tired old situation. The rot sets in. This way, there is only the beauty of the start!

  Jhonen Vasquez

  Tired, Fine, Situation

  "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac". Comic book series by Jhonen Vasquez, August 1995 – January 1997.

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• Grass is the forgiveness of nature-her constant benediction. Fields trampled with battle, saturated with blood, torn with the ruts of cannon, grow green again with grass and carnage is forgotten. Streets abandoned by traffic become grass-grown, like rural lanes and are obliterated. Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish, but grass is immortal.

  John James Ingalls

  Flower, Blood, Battle

  John James Ingalls (1907). “Selections from the Writings of John J. Ingalls”

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• No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like dead languages and obsolete customs: the decay is long and - like the glacier march - is perceptible only to the careful watcher by comparisons extending over long periods.

  Charles Bradlaugh

  Long, People, Atheism

  Marsden Gibson, Charles Bradlaugh (1889*). “Has Humanity Gained from Unbelief?: Two Nights Debate Between Marsden Gibson and Charles Bradlaugh at Newcastle-on-Tyne”

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• The daily disappearance and the subsequent rise of the sun appeared to many of the ancients as a true resurrection; thus, while the east came to be regarded as the source of light and warmth, happiness and glory, the west was associated with darkness and chill, decay and death. This led to the custom of burying the dead so as to face the east when they rose again, and of building temples and shrines with an opening toward the east. To effect this, Vitruvius, two thousand years ago, gave precise rules, which are still followed by Christian architects.

  Isaac Newton

  Christian, Light, Years

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• Great nations do not succumb through lost wars, but rather through racial decay and the destruction of their internal order.

  Adolf Hitler

  War, Order, Destruction

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• Whenever a people or an institution forget its hard beginnings, it is beginning to decay.

  Carl Sandburg

  People, Forget, Institutions

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• Churches may decay and perish; riches may make themselves wings and fly away-but he who builds their happiness on Christ crucified and union with Him by faith, that person is standing on a foundation which shall never be moved, and will know something of true peace.

  J. C. Ryle

  Wings, Church, Foundation

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• At the end of history the whole earth has become the Garden of God again. Death and decay and suffering are gone. . . . Jesus will make the world our perfect home again. We will no longer be living 'east of Eden,' always wandering and never arriving. We will come, and the father will meet us and embrace us, and we will be brought into the feast.

  Timothy Keller

  Jesus, Father, Home

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• The flowers of life are but visionary. How many pass away and leave no trace behind! How few yield any fruit,--and the fruit itself, how rarely does it ripen! And yet there are flowers enough; and is it not strange, my friend, that we should suffer the little that does really ripen to rot, decay, and perish unenjoyed?

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Flower, Yield, Suffering

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (2017). “The Sorrows of Young Werther (English German Edition, illustrated): Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Englisch Deutsch Ausgabe illustriert)”, p.105, Clap Publishing, LLC.

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