Search in quotes: escaped

I escaped one time. In 1971 I was in the free world for six weeks.

Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about world, time

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

Quote by Francis Bacon about history, time

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about danger

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about things

He became a prisoner of the Germans, he escaped, he was condemned to death. He was saved by a priest at the last moment.

Quote by Shimon Peres about war, prison, death, moment