“The worst of misery Is when a nature framed for noblest things Condemns itself in youth to petty joys, And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life Gasping from out the shallows.”
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Sad Quotes — page 233 of 475
“Trouble comes to us all in this life: we set our hearts on things which it isn't God's will for us to have, and then we go sorrowing.”
“Now, of course, architecture is a blind spot of our life in America today. How many millions of students go to the university to be educated? They come away conditioned, not enlightened, and they know nothing of architecture, although they have a department somewhere around -- probably in the basement.”
“No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child ... No slave was ever so much the property of his master as the child is of his parent ... Never were the rights of man ever so disregarded as in the case of the child.”
“With Germany herself falling, it is not strange that the nations leagued with her also went down to defeat.”
“In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.”
“I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.”
“My fun days are over.”
“Those that God loves, do not live long.”
“Service without reward is punishment.”
“The first and last frosts are the worst.”
“Destiny is always dark.”
“Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.”
“I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.”
“Most Christians would not recognize Mormonism as part of the Christian faith.”
“These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance.”
“Yes, there is weeping, even in heaven, but it is for those who are still crawling on the earth.”
“I was brought up differently than the average American child because the average child is brought up expecting to be happy.”
“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”
“I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.”