A mass of dust, world’s momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
BARNABE BARNES
BARNABE BARNES
Barnabe Barnes on dust
Barnabe Barnes2 quotes“A mass of dust, world’s momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.”
Filed under
More from Barnabe Barnes
Original quotes
From our community writers
Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
More on dust
Once upon a time there were three kittens, and their names were Mitten, Tom Kitten, and Moppet. They had dear little fur coats of their own; and they tumbled about the doorstep and played in the dust.
Beatrix PotterBeatrix Potter Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
BodhidharmaBodhidharma The gospel humbles us into the dust and at the very same time exalts us to the heavens.
Timothy KellerTimothy Keller Man is a centaur, a tangle of flesh and mind, divine inspiration and dust.
Primo LeviPrimo Levi Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur … if they [your children] write their names in the dust on the furniture, don’t let them put the year.
Phyllis DillerPhyllis Diller It is true that we are made of dust. And the world is also made of dust. But the dust has motes rising.
Muhammad IqbalMuhammad Iqbal When the white man who is always the aggressor knows he runs as great a risk of biting the dust every time his Afro-American victim does, he will have greater respect for Afro-American life.
Ida B. WellsIda B. Wells