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The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth...

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about stress, knowledge

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about difficulties, beauty, poetry

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

Quote by Russell Baker about suspicion, writers, writing, real estate, work, things

When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a...

When His Holiness won the Nobel Peace Prize, there was a quantum leap. He is not seen as solely a Tibetan anymore; he belongs to the world.

Quote by Richard Gere about peace, world

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being...

Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about man, politics, being

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or...

Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.

Quote by Dale Carnegie about recollection, happiness

The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true...

The world is truly beautiful solely in the eyes of a true philosopher.

Quote by Kedar Joshi about world, eyes

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