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Let us proportion our alms to our ability, lest we provoke God to proportion His blessings to our alms.
— William Beveridge
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered.
— Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach
My soul, never laugh at sin's fooleries, lest thou come to smile at sin itself. It is thine enemy, and thy Lord's enemy.
— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
And must I not conceal myself like one who has swallowed gold- lest my soul should be ripped up?
— Friedrich Nietzsche
At all costs we must re-establish faith in spiritual values. We must worship something beyond ourselves, lest we destroy ourselves.
— Philip Gibbs
Men of strong affections are jealous of their own genius. They fear lest they should be loved for a quality, and not for themselves.
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Treason is a noxious weed," Pycelle declared solemnly. "It must be torn up, root and stem and seed, lest new traitors sprout from every roadside.
— George R R Martin
Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.
— Benedict Of Nursia
We have a terror of seeming to exert ourselves, lest it be noticed that we exerted ourselves and did not succeed.
— Mignon McLaughlin
A man does not possess all the gifts, lest he think that grace is nature.
— Saint John Chrysostom
Judge not, lest ye be judged judgmental.
— Florence King
All day long and all night through, One thing only must I do: Quench my pride and cool my blood, Lest I perish in the flood.
— Countee Cullen
Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.
— Cotton Mather
In prosperity, give thanks to God with humility and fear lest by pride you abuse God's benefits and so offend him.
— Louis IX Of France
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
— Joseph Conrad
Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.
— Michael Bassey Johnson
She slung an arm around his waist, unwilling to let go of him lest he turn into wind and vanish.
— Sarah J. Maas
Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.
— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
True wisdom knows it must comprise some nonsense as a compromise, lest fools should fail to find it wise.
— Piet Pieterszoon Hein
We all need to be mocked from time to time, lest we take ourselves too seriously.
— George R R Martin
Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.
— Aneurin Bevan
Do something, lest you do nothing.
— Suzanne Steele
Mr Moss's courtyard is railed in like a cage, lest the gentlemen who are boarding with him should take a fancy to escape from his hospitality.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Lest too light winning make the prize light.
— William Shakespeare
Haste and escape for your lives, look not behind you, escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed.
— Jonathan Edwards
Lest it sound as if I resent my day job, I have to say that my day job is the reason I write, and it has been the best thing for me as a writer.
— Abraham Verghese
But let us not too hastily triumph in the shame of Sparta, lest we aggravate our own condemnation.
— Thomas Day
Judge not, lest you be judged.
— Anonymous
Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.
— Bill Kristol
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
— Anonymous
It is important to note that a transitional phase has to be uncomfortable for you to move on to the next stage, lest procrastination stymies you.
— Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
Obsolescence is a fate devoutly to be wished, lest science stagnate and die.
— Stephen Jay Gould
God defend me from that Welsh fairy, Lest he transform me to a piece of cheese!
— William Shakespeare
Careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ...
— John Geddes
We dare not forget, lest we become a nation that does not only not know its roots but where it's going
— Mzwakhe Mbuli
Liberty is more precious than money or office; and we should be vigilant lest we purchase wealth or place at the price of inner freedom.
— John Lancaster Spalding
Muslims must decide, lest they end up divided by the very religion that calls upon them to unite.
— Tariq Ramadan
Concentrate on the correct movements each time you exercise, lest you do them improperly and thus lose all the vital benefits of their value.
— Joseph Pilates
Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings.
— Kenneth Grahame
When we see salvation whole, its every single part is found in Christ, And so we must beware lest we derive the smallest drop from somewhere else.
— Sinclair B. Ferguson
let not God speak to us, lest we die.
— Anonymous
Anger was simple, self-sustaining as a cactus. You couldn't look too closely at it, lest the spines get you in the eye.
— Rebecca Scherm
If you throw stones on my way to stumble and I fall, you try to put extra care when passing my way, lest you stumble and fall.
— Miguel El Portugues
Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.
— William Shakespeare
Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
— Francis Bacon
Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.
— George Herbert
Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them.
— Benjamin Franklin
Hours are golden links, God's tokenReaching heaven; but one by one
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done. — Adelaide Anne Procter
Let your life speak volumes holding your words accountable, lest you become just a talking head.
— Sanjo Jendayi
The sin which is unpardonable is knowingly and wilfully to reject truth, to fear knowledge lest that knowledge pander not to thy prejudices.
— Aleister Crowley
Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Take heed when you think you stand, lest you fall. In this life you can fall from any level.
— Rick Joyner
I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire.
— William Shakespeare
My will had gone and I feared to be alone, lest the winds of circumstance, or power, or lust, blow my empty soul away.
— T.E. Lawrence
Judge not, lest ye miss out on all the fun.
— Eric Micha'el Leventhal
May we all beware lest our innovative ideas appear very cliche before we even blink.
— David Livermore
I am afraid to try for more light lest it mean more dark.
— Guy Gavriel Kay
Friedrich Nietzsche says, He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster.
— Carrie Jones
She must not look too proud nor yet too humble, lest people say she is proud of her humility."Excerpt From: "Catherine, Called Birdy. — Karen Cushman
Where the apple reddens never pry - lest we lose our Edens, Eve and I.
— Robert Browning
Have a care lest the wrinkles in the face extend to the heart.
— Margaret Of Valois
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.
— William Blake
I am on fire within.There comes no murmur of reply.
What is it that will take away my sin,
And save me lest I die? — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Those who attempt to evangelize the culture by imitating its forms must beware lest the culture evangelize them.
— Gene Veith
After each creative act one has to be sustained by one's strength of character, by a moral sense, by I don't know what, lest one tumble.
— Etty Hillesum
Lest Love should value lessWhat loss would value more,
Had it the stricken privilege ---
It cherishes before. — Emily Dickinson
Live riotously lest not you regret the minutes, moments, hours and days of time gone by.
— Maximillian Degenerez
Follow not truth too near the heels, lest it dash out thy teeth.
— George Herbert
I have to convince myself every night that I love you before I go to sleep lest I wake up empty.
— Ahmed Mostafa
The professor stared straight ahead. He felt Husam's eyes upon him. He clenched his hands together tightly, lest their shaking reveal everything.
— Christian F. Burton
