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Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting...

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about friendship

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom...

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about nature

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

Quote by Douglas Adams about end, need

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her...

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

Quote by Joseph Addison about marriage, clothes, advice, woman

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy...

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Quote by Aesop about people, happiness

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed...

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

Quote by Aesop about philosophy, suffering

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not...

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about sadness

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Quote by Winston Churchill about good, good luck, man

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement...

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

Quote by Charles Dickens about man

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed...

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, judges, people, public, rightness, good, good luck

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, voice, judges, rightness, god

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom...

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

Quote by Frank Herbert about change

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about genius, man

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about dream, world, man

Decisions made by someone over your head will seldom be...

Decisions made by someone over your head will seldom be in your best interest.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, heads, interest

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change...

It's extremely seldom that anybody wants me to change what I've written about them. Generally I portray them in a good light, if they're friends.

Quote by Harvey Pekar about light, change, good, good luck

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of...

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin about happiness, wealth, human imperfections, day, good, good luck

There is no Good without Evil as there cannot be Evil without Good. By wanting Good, Man’s Sacred Self looks towards the future, towards Destiny and this is why Man wants Good to be granted to the future, to the yet unknown Destiny that once...

Quote by Sorin Cerin about good, good luck, destiny, future, past, self-control, knowledge, man

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