Perishes

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Forced to capitulate to one or another of the masculine sides, the feminine in these narratives perishes, is married, or in the case of Lalla Rookh itself, is transformed into her masculine twin. ❋ Unknown (2000)

Absorbed in the volume Eugene had given her, her thoughts wandered on with the author, amid the moldering monuments of Westminster Abbey, and finally the sketch was concluded by that solemn paragraph: "Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin." ❋ Unknown (1872)

Knowledge is not secure until it is widespread; and civilization perishes, which is segregated in a world of barbarism. ❋ Various (N/A)

Isn't there something in the Bible about he who takes the sword perishes with the sword? ❋ Unknown (1910)

[1] A commonplace saying, which translates as, ‘The spoken word perishes, but the written word remains’. ❋ Unknown (1792)

Ham's name perishes here, since the Holy Spirit hates it, whose hatred is, indeed, a serious hatred. ❋ Martin Luther (1514)

It must not be supposed that this process can be carried on indefinitely, for the glass tends to lose its viscous properties after a time, or, at all events, it "perishes" in some way, especially if it has been allowed to get very thin; consequently too frequent attempts on the same glass are unprofitable. ❋ Richard Threlfall (N/A)

If they reproduce, the life is so cheap that perforce it perishes of itself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To preserve the Lone Pine's DNA in case it perishes, researchers have taken cuttings of branches and grafted them onto the trunks of similar pines. ❋ Gordon Fairclough (2011)

The individual perishes, you know; for it is the race that lives. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Or, as a legislative report puts it: Here infantile life unfolds its bud, but perishes before its first anniversary. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Major Woodruff's thesis is that the white-skinned, blue-eyed Aryan, born to government and command, ever leaving his primeval, overcast and foggy home, ever commands and governs the rest of the world and ever perishes because of the too-white light he encounters. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Matter has no memory, because its forms are evanescent, and what is engraved on its forms perishes with the forms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

(Paul duly perishes trying to escape the maze of razor wire that Jigsaw has constructed.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Whoso enlists on the side of competition perishes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And it is the father who shelters and provides until he perishes along the road, the boy hesitant to leave without returning to pay his one, final respect to his father's corpse. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But: “Nay, We hurl the Truth against falsehood, and it knocks out its brain, and behold, falsehood perishes!” ❋ Darkerblogistan (2009)

Year by year, and decade after decade, rural England pours in a flood of vigorous strong life, that not only does not renew itself, but perishes by the third generation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[Peasant]: Please help me, [i'll do anything]! Obama: Anything? Peasant: Yes, anything. Please save me! Obama: [Then Perish]. *Peasant dies immediately* ❋ Pestilence1 (2018)

then perish ❋ Perish Nerd (2021)

"I [shall] perish" ([I am] going [to die]) ❋ A.K. Winding (2009)

I was walking through my college campus and passed by a girl drinking a [Pumpkin Spice Latte], who was complaining to her friend about how her dad had gotten her a Mercedes instead of a [Range Rover]. Man, what a [PERISH]. ❋ DevSuperJew (2019)

Me: [I wanna] perish. ❋ Iwannaperishintoash (2019)

seen [the state] of him, he's [fuckin] perished !! what happened to your [bet]? it perished mate ❋ Mickybubble (2011)

Yea, Ian ate those beans that were just sitting on the counter for [3 weeks] that smelled [like shit] even though I told him they were an example of a perishable food, he said they [tasted] good. ❋ TurnM3Up (2019)

You think I'd ever [hook up with] that ho? [Perish] the [Thot]. ❋ Lazyassbum (2020)

Kevin: I just published another paper in a highly reputable journal!! [Aleks]: Oh...that's nice. So here is the $23.95 for the pizza... Kevin: [What about my] tip!? Aleks: Uhhh, uhhh....see you next week! **slams door** Kevin: Gawd dammit!! I need a new job... #gradstudentproblems #pizzadeliveryproblems --- Three hours later --- Aleks: Poor, poor Kevin. [Publish and perish], indeed... ❋ Kdawwwgggy (2018)

Emma: "I can't wait for my birthday party this weekend! It's gonna be Taylor Swift themed!" Jonathan: "...[millions will perish]." Brad: "I think I wanna get a [toilet bowl] [tattooed] on my wrist'" Jonathan: "[Millions will perish]." ❋ Just Like Honey (2021)