#prostrate

When you read any great mystery, recorded in holy Writ, you are to prostrate your Reason to Divine Revelation. ↗

— Thomas Ken

#divine #great #holy #mystery #prostrate

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate. ↗

— Charles Inglis

#amiable #dark #exerted #laid #malevolent

It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe. ↗

— Zachary Taylor

#foe #judicious #magnanimity #prostrate #towards

Not drunk is he who from the floor - Can rise alone and still drink more; But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#drink #drunk #floor #lies #more

And then he said the next time he sees me the gloves are coming off. I said, "Doc, that‘s no way to perform a prostrate exam. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #prostrate #funny