“ It rarely adds anything to say, "In my opinion" — not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope. ”
- Paul Goodman- Copy
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“ Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent, it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
- 1.2K
“ What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
- 1.1K
“ People seldom improve when they have no other model, but themselves to copy after. ”
- Oliver Goldsmith- Copy
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“ Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. ”
- W. N. Taylor- Copy
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“ People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be "consistent.". ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
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“ We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. ”
- Bertrand Russell- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves. ”
- Henry Ward Beecher- Copy
- 1.1K
“ The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales. ”
- Aesop- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ”
- Sally Koch- Copy
- 2.3K
“ For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Success is just a matter of luck, all you need to do is ask a failure. History may be written by academics but it's rarely created by them. ”
- Unknown- Copy
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“ Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen. ”
- General George Patton- Copy
- 1.2K
“ Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt. ”
- Agnes Repplier- Copy
- 2.3K
“ There is a part of me in every character, naturally. That's why novelists rarely write good autobiographies. You start one and it becomes another novel. ”
- John Dos Passos- Copy
- 2.1K
“ People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ”
- Soren Kierkegaard- Copy
- 3.7K
“ I don't think that a leader can control to any great extent his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction. ”
- Richard M. Nixon- Copy
- 1.4K
“ Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door. ”
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe- Copy
- 2.2K
“ Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter. ”
- B. C. Forbes- Copy
- 1.8K
“ The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. ”
- John Locke- Copy
- 1K
“ Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. ”
- Lenore Hershey- Copy
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“ It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
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“ True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light. ”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them. ”
- Catherine Drinker Bowen- Copy
- 2.9K
“ I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities. ”
- Hedy Lamarr- Copy
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