A Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

It is always our treasure that the lightning strikes. — © Harriet Beecher Stowe
It is always our treasure that the lightning strikes.
There are two kinds of geniuses. The characteristic of the one is roaring, but the lightning is meagre and rarely strikes; the other kind is characterized by reflection by which it constrains itself or restrains the roaring. But the lightning is all the more intense; with the speed and sureness of lightning it hits the selected particular points - and is fatal.
They say that lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but the same is not true for courage. As it turns out, when courage strikes, it almost always begets more courage.
When the lightning strikes one of us, it strikes both
For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. LUCRETIUS, De Rerum Natura Our envy always outlives the felicity of its object.
Lightning strikes the tops of the mountains.
Lightning makes no sound until it strikes.
A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.
When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place--it doesn't have to.
If lightning strikes while you're in the car it's your fault.
When lightning strikes, the mouse is sometimes burned with the farm.
Censure is like the lightning which strikes the highest mountains.
Our aim is to gain control of the two great treasure houses on which the West depends: The energy treasure house of the Persian Gulf and the minerals treasure house of Central and Southern Africa.
But if anyone were to conduct his life by reason He would find great riches in living a peaceful life And being contented; one is never short of a little But men want always to be powerful and famous So that their fortune rests on a solid foundation And they can spend a placid life in opulence. There isn't a hope of it; to attain great honours You have to struggle along a dangerous way And even when you reach the top there is envy Which can strike you down like lightning into Tartarus. For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level.
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