(8 quotes found)
“I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from prostration to Fury, so that my average state is one of being annoyed”
Gustave Flaubert
“It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe”
Zachary Taylor
“Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.”
Wyndham Lewis
“If here before me stand both- my Guru(teacher) and Govind(the almighty),I'd first prostrate my Guru! , because, it is He, who revealed to me,the Govind!!”
Kabir
“Pierced in a vital spot, shrieking in concert with the birds of prey, wretched, crushed, prostrate, (the birds of prey) shall devour the enemy who attempts to hinder this oblation of ours directed against (him)!”
Atharva Veda
“RATTLESNAKE, n. Our prostrate brother, _Homo ventrambulans_.”
Ambrose Bierce
“And the enchanters were thrown down, prostrating (themselves).”
quran
“And your turning over and over among those who prostrate themselves before Allah.”
