The combat deepens. On, ye brave,
Who rush to glory, or the grave! [ Campbell ]
Life is a combat, of which the palm is in heaven. [ Delavigne ]
Twine round thee threads of steel, like thread on thread,
That grow to fetters, or bind down thy arms
With chains concealed in chaplets. Oh, not yet
Mayst thou embrace thy corselet, nor lay by
Thy sword; not yet, O Freedom, close thy lids
In slumber; for thine enemy never sleeps.
And thou must watch and combat till the day
Of the new earth and heaven. [ Bryant ]
When we combat that which we love, sooner or later we succumb. [ Marivaux ]
Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it. [ Thomas Jefferson ]
It is not the victory that makes the joy of noble hearts, but the combat. [ Montalembert ]
Rash combat oft immortalizes man. If he should fall, he is renowned in song. [ Goethe ]
Whose wit in the combat, gentle as bright, never carried a heart-stain away on its blade. [ Moore ]
Marriage should combat without respite or mercy that monster which devours everything, habit. [ Balzac ]
Every man has something to do which he neglects; every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat. [ Dr. Johnson ]
The virtue of widows is a laborious virtue: they have to combat constantly with the remembrance of past bliss. [ St. Jerome ]
To remain virtuous, a man has only to combat his own desires: a woman must resist her own inclinations, and the continual attack of man. [ Latena ]
Seas are the fields of combat for the winds; but when they sweep along some flowery coast, their wings move mildly and their rage is lost. [ Dryden ]
It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger. [ Goldsmith ]
I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fisherman caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they cut the person open, and in him is a little baby shark. And in the baby shark there isn't a person, because it would be too small. But there's a little doll or something, like a Johnny Combat little toy guy - something like that. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]