Forsaken

Famous quotes containing the word forsaken:

“Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

“God alone is our true good, and since we have forsaken him, it is a strange thing that there is nothing in nature which has not been serviceable in taking his place: the stars, the heavens, earth, the elements, plants, cabbages, leeks, animals, insects, calves, serpents, fever, war, famine, vices, adultery, incest.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“There are no instances known to me of cultures having forsaken Truth or renounced the understanding in its widest sense.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)