Isambard K. Brunel

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.

British Inventor

Henry Rollins

I know that collector types can be a pain in the neck and seem perpetually frozen in time - or at least in their parents' basement - but someone has to look out for the past, lest it slip away forever.

American Musician

Shah Rukh Khan

You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it's okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy.

Indian Actor

Christina Rossetti

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

British Poet

Carl Sandburg

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

American Poet

Matthew Henry

Whatever we have of this world in our hands, our care must be to keep it out of our hearts, lest it come between us and Christ.

English Clergyman

Francis Bacon

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

English Philosopher

Stanislaus I

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

Polish Royalty

Aesop

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Greek Author

Epictetus

Control thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.

Greek Philosopher

Use 'lest' when advising caution to avoid negative outcomes.

Cautionary Use

'Lest' often precedes actions taken to prevent an unwanted scenario.

Triggering Action

Using 'lest' can add a sense of urgency or importance to the caution.

Emotional Intensity

'Lest' is seen as more formal and may be used to sound more serious or literary.

Formality and Tone

'Lest' introduces hypothetical risks, often exaggerating the need for caution.

Hypothetical Situations

While archaic, 'lest' can be found in historical texts or to create a nostalgic mood.

Old-Fashioned Usage

 a group of boys were cooling off there on that hot july day including an eleven-year-old kid named lester stillwell who was attacked in front of his friends they ran to get help from a man named stanley fisher who dove in to find lester's body but fischer was also attacked he looked down grabbed his

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 ornithologists are helpful folk and when they name a bird the sociable weaver you can tell that it's going to be a social creature and one that likes to weave large nests only the size of sparrows these birds can build enormous nests reaching 10 feet tall but lest you think

These Birds Build Big...

 very fertile bursting return to southern jr. on patrol his absence while feeding has been prolonged and he was fearful he established his presence lest some interloper arrived and the Syrian youth Timbers in need of another deep astoundingly for a leopard this age his

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 weigh up to ten thousand because logging with animals is considered environmentally friendly it stayed alive despite technology yeah it's just a lot of fun and I grew up around it doing it all my life Lester has never been able to trade in

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 it would make a difference for this raphael has an unorthodox solution let's have a mexicans in one one side of the border writing stories and have people in the states in the other side of the world no and lest that stories will write

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 to create effects like distortion, overdrive, wah-wah, delay and flanger. And lest you think that the physics of music is only useful for entertainment, consider this. Some physicists think that everything in the universe

The physics of playing...

 And lest you think this is a bit far-fetched, confusing headlines like this appear all the time. Modifiers are words, phrases, and clauses that add information about other parts of a sentence, which is usually helpful.

How misused modifiers...

 We're not talking about Connecticut. And the rationale for this behavior is explicitly religious. The creator of the universe himself has told us not to spare the rod, lest we spoil the child --

Science can answer moral...

 the list goes on and lest we forget elephants in spite of the impact on trees are traditionally Africa's greatest tree planters and so I have a question are human beings a keystone

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 often lurk to the side females can live up to three years males only for about six months when it comes to mating males must approach cautiously lest the object of their affections

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