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Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Quote by Joseph Addison about shame, merit

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about moral, virtue, humility, soul

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the...

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

Quote by Douglas Adams about thinking, mind

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Quote by Aristotel about life, survival, value, power

I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the...

I have a great mind to believe in Christianity for the mere pleasure of fancying I may be damned.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about christianity, pleasure, mind, faith

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere...

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about wealth

I then realized that I could never be satisfied again with the mere natural charm of my voice, that I had to constantly paint when singing, melting all the colors, expressing reds and blacks that had to be less primary but bursting with subtly...

Quote by Placido Domingo about charm, voice

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

A client is to me a mere unit, a factor in a problem.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about opinion, customers

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

Quote by William Godwin about trains, education, thinking

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for...

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

Quote by Henry Ford about money, man, time

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about joy, equality, pleasure, happiness, human imperfections

Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to...

Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about origin

From the described experiment it is clear that the mere act of eating, the food even not reaching the stomach, determines the stimulation of the gastric glands.

Quote by Ivan Pavlov about food

It is already difficult to realize that a mere twenty...

It is already difficult to realize that a mere twenty years ago poverty was taken almost for granted over most of the earth's surface.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about poverty, earth

Growth is never by mere chance, it is the result of...

Growth is never by mere chance, it is the result of forces working together.

Quote by James Cash Penney about force, chance

Why are we a shadow and not a great tree? Why when we think we are spring, reality shows us we are a late autumn? Because of the fact that God is the Unique Accidental one, is the Primary Event, and everything that follows him is an Intended...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about temptation, god, events, autumn, spring, shadow, destiny, reality, truth, things

A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play.

A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about poetry, memory, thinking

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.

Quote by Giacomo Girolamo Casanova De Seingalt about love, immortality, pleasure, real estate

God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus...

God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life.

Quote by Johann Gottlieb Fichte about god, purity, life

Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Find ecstasy in life the mere sense of living is joy enough.

Quote by Emily Dickinson about life, joy, common sense, sense

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