She knew, of course that she was being supremely unfair, that Franz was the best man she ever had- he was intelligent, he understood her paintings, he was handsome and good-but the more she thought about it, the more she longed to ravish his intelligence, defile his kindheartedness, and violate his powerless strength
Quotes about defile (15 Quotes)
Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to the animals; they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your appearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you -- alas, it is true of almost every one of us!
Man, do not pride yourself on your superiority to the animals, for they are without sin, while you, with all your greatness, you defile the earth wherever you appear and leave an ignoble trail behind you -- and that is true, alas, for almost every one of us!
We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things and yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy for us
We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so.
Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God dwelleth within you If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
Love animals God has given them the rudiments of thought and joy untroubled. Do not trouble their joy, don't harrass them, don't deprive them of their happiness, don't work against God's intent. Man, do not pride yourself on superiority to animals they are without sin, and you, with your greatness, defile the earth by your apppearance on it, and leave the traces of your foulness after you alas, it is true of almost every one of us.
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
To make our idea of morality center on forbidden acts is to defile the imagination and to introduce into our judgments of our fellow-men a secret element of gusto.
Though these Indians dwell among the English and see in what plenty a little industry enables them to live, yet they choose to continue in their stupid idleness and to suffer all the inconveniences of dirt, cold, and want rather than disturb their heads with care or defile their hands with labor.
The curse of men can't make me defiled. I defile myself if I curse men by intention.
These acts of terrorism, abhorred and rejected by all of you, defile and damage even the most legitimate cause,
Should I pluck it, My hands Would defile the flower I offer it, as it stands, To the Buddhas of the Three Worlds.
We are so vain as to set the highest value upon those things to which nature has assigned the lowest place. What can be more coarse and rude in the mind than the precious metals, or more slavish and dirty than the people that dig and work them And yet they defile our minds more than our bodies, and make the possessor fouler than the artificer of them. Rich men, in fine, are only the greater slaves.
If those two ,being thus appointed deviate from the rule and act from carnal desire, they will both become outcasts, ,as men who defile the bed of a daughter in law or of a Guru.