Quotes of: Lest Keyword

The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something turn up.

Charles Dickens

We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.

George R.R. Martin

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.

William Drummond

Take you example by this thing,/ And yield to each his right,/ Lest God with such like miserye/ Your wicked minds requite

Various

It is well that there are palaces of peace And discipline and dreaming and desire, Lest we forget our heritage and cease The Spirit’s work—to hunger and aspire: Lest we forget that we were born divine, Now tangled in red battle’s animal net, Mu...

C.S. Lewis

I have said it loud and clear: Beware, men, lest women deprive you of all the leadership positions in the country.

Flashes of Thought

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory.

Claude Debussy

If you throw stones on my way to stumble and I fall, you try to put extra care when passing my way, lest you stumble and fall.

Unknown

Echoes of my past will always have a low frequency vibration in my present lest I forget the road travelled to reach the enjoyment of today.

Wantin

Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword, Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck.

Zafarnama

Let us take heed how we laugh without reason, lest we cry with it.

Martin Chuzzlewit

I don't want to talk to anyone, lest I squander your words' echo, which ripples like a shine over mine and lends their sound a richness.

Rilke, Rainer Maria

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

Carl Sandburg

An empath is capable of taking on the grief of another in order to lessen their suffering. In order to not be consumed with pain, an empath should have an outlet for that pain lest they lose themselves in feeling for others.

Donna Lynn Hope

Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.

Joseph Conrad

I know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time - or at least in their parents' basement - but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever.

Henry Rollins

Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did. I throw it out of my hands as soon as possible, lest it should find its way into my heart.

John Wesley

Mr Moss's courtyard is railed in like a cage, lest the gentlemen who are boarding with him should take a fancy to escape from his hospitality.

William Makepeace Thackeray

Bravery is not the trait of a fearless person, lest the reckless actions of a fool be considered brave. Bravery is the quality that allows us to overcome our fears and succeed.

The Eagle's Plume

Destiny is like a book. It needs manufacturing, the pulp process, the glue fixed tightly--and it requires a binding, to hold it together, lest it fall apart.

The Bookman

A brick could be used as an idol you can worship. But be careful, lest God smite thee with His wrath. 

The Brick and Blanket Divergence Test