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Creatures Quotes - Page 9

There is no slave but the creature that wills against its Creator.

George MacDonald (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)”, p.10191, Delphi Classics

Wine makes all sorts of creatures at table.

George Herbert, Christopher Harvey (1868). “The Poetical Works of George Herbert: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes”, p.320

To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable; but everything reasonable may be supported.

Epictetus (1807). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses in Four Books Preserved by Arrian, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.8

I don't know how it is the most unattractive creatures of every nation seem to be the ones who travel.

Elinor Glyn (2013). “The Essential Elinor Glyn Collection”, p.249, eBookIt.com

Man has much more to fear from the passions of his fellow-creatures, than from the convulsions of the elements.

Edward Gibbon (2016). “The Collected Works of Edward Gibbon: Historical Works, Autobiographical Writings and Private Letters, Including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.1209, e-artnow

Oh, love, what an unreasoning creature it grew to be.

Edna O'Brien (2012). “Country Girl”, p.47, Faber & Faber

We are all creatures of the stars.

Doris Lessing (2012). “Shikasta (Canopus in Argos: Archives Series, Book 1)”, p.66, HarperCollins UK

Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures.

David Richo (2008). “The Five Things We Cannot Change: And the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them”, p.89, Shambhala Publications

Human beings are not designed to be alone. None of God's creatures are.

"The LikeMe Lighthouse: A New Beacon of Hope for Kansas City’s LGBT Residents" by Chely Wright, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2012.

For free will is what makes us Heaven's creatures.

Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

For He (God) seems to do nothing of himself which He can possibly delegate to His creatures.

C. S. Lewis (2002). “The World's Last Night: And Other Essays”, p.17, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

Benjamin Franklin (1855). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself ; to which is Added His Miscellaneous Essays”, p.45

I guess I rooted for the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Interview with Logan Hill, www.gq.com. May 31, 2012.