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Shipwreck Quotes (page 2)

It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much of the ultimate horizon. But sitting here, and watching here, in thought, I create interminable spaces, greater than human silences, and deepestquiet, where the heart barely fails to terrify. When I hear the wind, blowing among these leaves, I go on to compare that infinite silencewith this voice, and I remember the eternaland the dead seasons, and the living present, and its sound, so... Giacomo Leopardi
The despondency that follows makes me feel somewhat like a shipwrecked man who spies a sail, sees himself saved, and suddenly remembers that the lens of his spyglass has a flaw, a blurred spot -- the sail he has seen. Jean Genet
Albert Einstein quote: "If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of..."
If one tries to navigate unknown waters one runs the risk of shipwreck Albert Einstein
Into the nothingness of scorn and noise, Into the living sea of waking dreams, Where there is neither sense of life or joys, But the vast shipwreck of my life's esteems; And e'en the dearest--that I love the best--Are strange--nay, rather stranger than the rest. John Clare
In all human love it must be realized that every man promises a woman, and every woman promises a man that which only God alone can give, namely, perfect happiness. One of the reasons why so many marriages are shipwrecked is because as the young couple leave the altar, they fail to realize that human feelings tire and the enthusiasm of the honeymoon is not the same as the more solid happiness of enduring human love. One of the greatest trials of marriage is the absence of solitude. In the... Fulton J. Sheen
The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their pilots he would run great danger of shipwreck. Thomas More
Victoria was just as much in love with me as I was with her. We could not bear to be apart for a single second. We were like two lovers shipwrecked on a desert island. There was no world outside our love. Andy Gibb
Charles de Gaulle quote: "Old age is a shipwreck."
Old age is a shipwreck. Charles de Gaulle
I didn't lead a very wise life, myself, but it was a full one and a grown-up one. You come of age very quickly through shipwreck and disaster. Philip Dunne
Albert Einstein quote: "Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and..."
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods. Albert Einstein
Guy de Maupassant quote: "Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a..."
Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck. Guy de Maupassant
Pablo Picasso quote: "When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship..."
When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it. Pablo Picasso
Ben Hecht quote: "Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers..."
Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety. Ben Hecht
Ovid quote: "The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm..."
The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea. Ovid
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. Charles Caleb Colton

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