(18 quotes found)
“And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.”
Bible
“It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.”
Marguerite De Valois
“There is no sanctuary so holy that money cannot profane it, no fortress so strong that money cannot take it by storm”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The peculiarity of prudery is to multiply sentinels, in proportion as the fortress is less threatened”
Victor Hugo
“There's forty different shades of black, so many fortresses and ways to attack.”
Pavement
“The fear of man is a prison; the fear of God is a fortress.”
David L. Hatton
“And He drove down those of the followers of the Book who backed them from their fortresses and He cast awe into their hearts; some you killed and you took captive another part.”
quran
“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.”
Psalm 18:2-3
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer.”
“And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.”