A Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay

Every generation enjoys the use of a vast hoard bequeathed to it by antiquity, and transmits that hoard, augmented by fresh acquisitions, to future ages.

Thomas B. Macaulay

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Thomas B. Macaulay
British - Politician
October 25, 1800 - December 28, 1859

Half of the ills we hoard within our hearts Are ills because we hoard them.

Bryan Procter

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

Solomon Ibn Gabirol

No one has a right to hoard things which he cannot use.

Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Girl, when he gives you kisses twain, use one, and let the other stay; And hoard it, for moons die, red fades, and you may need a kiss—some day.

Ridgely Torrence

Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the prayer for more.

George Muller

When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When I hoard, I'm unwilling to part with what I've saved to meet others' needs, because my possible future needs outweigh their actual present needs. I fail to love my neighbor as myself.

Randy Alcorn

I don't hoard things and I don't cling to memories.

Carole Radziwill

I hoard books. They are people who do not leave.

Anne Sexton

You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life.

Hunter S. Thompson

We must sow the seed, not hoard it.

Saint Dominic

I'm like a packrat with work. I hoard my jobs.

Natalie Zea

You're here for a reason and it's not to hoard a lot of physical stuff.

Wayne Dyer

Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

Lisa Scottoline

The nations of antiquity rolled away in the current of ages, Israel alone remained one indestructible edifice of gray antiquity... preserved by an internal and marvelous power.