A society in which
A society in which marriage is encouraged and industry prevails soon repairs the accidental losses of pestilence and war. Edward Gibbon
Pestilence
[…] endless action and
[…] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at their exceeding smoothness, were chiseled into their varies and graceful forms by the ceaseless action of countless waves. Nature is herself a great worker and never tolerates, without certain rebuke, … Read more
The view of the
The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me — a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . . Raging nationalistic interests, famines, wars, pestilence, don’t show from that distance. Frank Borman
Lust is an immoderate
Lust is an immoderate wantonness of the flesh, a sweet poison, a cruel pestilence; a pernicious poison, which weakeneth the body of man, and effeminateth the strength of the heroic mind. Francis Quarles
Come to the bridal-chamber,
Come to the bridal-chamber, Death! Come to the mother’s, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born’s breath! Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke! Fitz-Greene Halleck
The essence of war
The essence of war is fire, famine, and pestilence. They contribute to its outbreak; they are among its weapons; they become its consequences. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Battles, revolutions, pestilence, famine,
Battles, revolutions, pestilence, famine, and death, are never the effect of those natural causes, which we experience. Prodigies,omens, oracles, judgments, quite obscure the few natural events, that are intermingled with them. But as the former grow thinner every pagewe soon learn, that there is nothing mysterious or supernatural in the case, but that all proceeds … Read more
Were a stranger to
Were a stranger to drop on a sudden into this world, I would show him, as a specimen of its ills, a hospital full of diseases, a prison crowded with malefactors and debtors, a field of battle strewed with carcasses, a fleet foundering in the ocean, a nation languishing under tyranny, famine, or pestilence. To … Read more
Religion is based on
Religion is based on the insistence that over and above all is a purpose and a guiding hand that is beneficent and kind, and would not leave a hair unnumbered or let a sparrow fall unnoticed to the ground. Those who cherish such hallucinations forget that the all-loving power is inflicting tuberculosis, cancer, famine, and … Read more
How this feels is
How this feels is I’m just another task in God’s daily planner: The Renaissance pencilled in for right after the Dark Ages. The Information Age is scheduled immediately after the Industrial Revolution. Then the Post-Modern Era, then The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine. Check. Pestilence. Check. War. Check. Death. Check. And between the big … Read more