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The sun9 quotes
Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head,
And tricks his beams, and with new spangled Ore,
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. — John Milton · 1638The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. — Samuel Beckett · 1938When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible. — Nathaniel Lee · 1679The moon's an arrant thief,
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. — William Shakespeare · 1616All 9 quotes →The moon3 quotes
The moon's an arrant thief,
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. — William Shakespeare · 1616And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. — Genesis 1:16 · 1405 BCHe makes the night to enter into the day and makes the day to enter into the night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each of them, to a stated term. — Muhammad · 632Night and day2 quotes
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878He makes the night to enter into the day and makes the day to enter into the night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each of them, to a stated term. — Muhammad · 632Sunrise2 quotes
Nor dim nor red, like God's own head,
The glorious Sun uprist. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head,
And tricks his beams, and with new spangled Ore,
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. — John Milton · 1638Creation of the world1 quote
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. — Genesis 1:16 · 1405 BCEnnui1 quote
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. — Samuel Beckett · 1938God and nature1 quote
He makes the night to enter into the day and makes the day to enter into the night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each of them, to a stated term. — Muhammad · 632God is in control1 quote
He makes the night to enter into the day and makes the day to enter into the night, and He has subjected the sun and the moon, each of them, to a stated term. — Muhammad · 632Light1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878Malaise1 quote
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. — Samuel Beckett · 1938Same old same old1 quote
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. — Samuel Beckett · 1938Shadows1 quote
When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible. — Nathaniel Lee · 1679Stars1 quote
The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one. — F.W. Bourdillon · 1878Sunset1 quote
So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head,
And tricks his beams, and with new spangled Ore,
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. — John Milton · 1638