Alas Quotes

Alas! when passion is both meek and wild!

Writing anything is terribly hard but, alas for me, because I am addicted, a heck of a lot of fun. I often am sorry I ever started writing prose, because it is so hard. But I can't stop.

Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.

Alas. I am not an option.

Alas, this mundane realm is never as fun as the one inside our minds. But we can endeavor to make it so.

There's a house across the river, but alas, I cannot swim I'll live my life regretting that I never jumped in

Alas! the praise given to the ear Ne'er was nor ne'er can be sincere.

Alas! we give our own coloring to the actions of others.

Alas! we makeA ladder of our thoughts, where angels step,But sleep ourselves at the foot: our high resolvesLook down upon our slumbering acts.

Thomas Bowman's toupee, alas, was never found. He was somewhat mollified by the gift of a very fine hat from Westcliff on Christmas day.

...alas, raising a young lady is a mystery even beyond an enchanter's skill.

Alas! how deeply painful is all payment!

Alas! How enthusiasm decreases, as our experience increases!

If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to return again and again to my work.

And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!

Prosperity, alas! is often but another name for pride.

Unlike other vices, cruelty, alas, is never boring.

Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age.

Writing is not, alas, like riding a bicycle: it does not get easier with practice.

Alas for him who seeks salvation in good only! Balanced on God's strong shoulders, Good and Evil flap together like two mighty wings and lift him high.

We need a government, alas, because of the nature of humans.

Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time.

But alas for the dreams that round us play! / For the plans of mortal making! / And alas for the false and fickle day / That looked so fair at waking!

I am Roman, alas, because Horace is Roman.

Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

Alas! it is a fearful thing To feel another's guilt!

Friendship is but a name, faith is an empty name. Alas, it is not safe to praise to a friend the object of your love; as soon as he believes your praises, he slips into your place.

Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?

Alas, to wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough that you be persecuted by an unkind establishment, you must also be right.

Behold a silly tender babe,In freezing winter night,In homely manger trembling lies;Alas! a piteous sight.

One could do with a longer year - so much to do, so little done, alas.

Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!

Alas, there isn't a pain-free way to achieve your goals.

Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back burner, an old attempt at history may come out of the freezer.

Alas! that the farthest and of all our thoughts should be the thought of our ends.

Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!

Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!

Alas, 'tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.

Woman, thou art a river, deep and wide, Of waters soft and sweet: Alas! I've never reached the other side; Though oft I've wet my feet!

When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.

She dreams of him that has forgot her love; You dote on her that cares not for your love. 'Tis pity love should be so contrary; And thinking of it makes me cry 'alas!

Alas, how love can trifle with itself!

Alas, their love may be call'd appetite. No motion of the liver, but the palate

Alas, that love, so gentle in his view, Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof! *It’s sad. Love looks like a nice thing, but it’s actually very rough when you experience it.*

Alas! how little can a moment show Of an eye where feeling plays In ten thousand dewy rays: A face o'er which a thousand shadows go!

And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains,-alas! too few.

At first, I was lost in you, but now you're lost on me.

I could've loved you but the line is too long and your passiveness is endless.