Quotes about Alas
“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
- 2 Kings 3:10
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
- Jeremiah 47:6
“Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’
- Ezekiel 30:2
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Joel 1:15
Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!
- Henry David Thoreau
Hear, O God. Alas, for man's sin! So saith man, and Thou pitiest him; for Thou madest him, but sin in him Thou madest not.
- St. Augustine
belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too
- Lewis Carroll
It is no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.
- Albert Einstein
I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Has oftener left me mourning.
- William Wordsworth