#perish

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#doomed #down #not perfect #perfect #perish

At a certain stage in his evolution, man himself had been able to lay hold upon a higher order of things, which raised him above the level of the beasts that perish, and enabled him to see, at least in the distance, the shining towers of the City of God. ↗

— Alfred Noyes

#above #beasts #been #certain #city

Property is unstable, and youth perishes in a moment. Life itself is held in the grinning fangs of Death, Yet men delay to obtain release from the world. Alas, the conduct of mankind is surprising. ↗

— Plautus

#conduct #death #delay #fangs #grinning

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success. ↗

— Vanessa Redgrave

#months #perishable #success #summer

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die. ↗

— Sophocles

#does #live #mortals #nor #perish

Let justice be done, though the world perish. ↗

— Ferdinand I

#justice #perish #though #world

Stock up your pantry and your freezer with things that aren't perishable: Your favorite jar of tomato sauce that lists 'tomato' as the first ingredient, lots of grains, olive oils, vinegars, tomato pastes, onions, shallots. When you go to the store, you only have to pick up meats and produce. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#first #freezer #go #grains #ingredient

Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft

#heart #life #more #perishable #resides

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#foreign #gifts #humor #perish #tongue

By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and many more have been pressed with poverty and grief. ↗

— John Woolman

#been #breaking #countries #enraged #flourishing