“ A man can seldom — very, very, seldom — fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. ”
- Mark Twain- Copy
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“ As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ”
- Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield- Copy
- 1.7K
“ Laws too gentle, are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
- 289
“ Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. ”
- Charles Caleb Colton- Copy
- 2K
“ You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. ”
- Olin Miller- Copy
- 2.5K
“ People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. ”
- Soren Kierkegaard- Copy
- 2.8K
“ Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. ”
- Lenore Hershey- Copy
- 50
“ A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it. ”
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh- Copy
- 1.3K
“ Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream. ”
- W. S. Gilbert- Copy
- 3.4K
“ People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. ”
- Cullen Hightower- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. ”
- Learned Hand- Copy
- 3.1K
“ We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us. ”
- La Rochefoucauld- Copy
- 1.6K
“ True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. ”
- C. C. Colton- Copy
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“ The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laugther, like weeping is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung. ”
- Prof. F. A. P. Aveling- Copy
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“ We've learned how to destroy, but not to create; how to waste, but not to build; how to kill men, but not how to save them; how to die, but seldom how to live. ”
- Omar Nelson Bradley- Copy
- 3.3K
“ Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. ”
- Jean de la Bruyere- Copy
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“ As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless. ”
- Clarence Day- Copy
- 1.7K
“ He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero. ”
- Johann Kaspar Lavater- Copy
- 1.4K
“ If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted. ”
- Francis Quarles- Copy
- 516
“ We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. ”
- Jennie Jerome Churchill- Copy
- 469
“ Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. ”
- Confucius- Copy
- 2.5K
“ An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. ”
- Pliny the Younger- Copy
- 2.2K
“ What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expected generally happens. ”
- Benjamin Disraeli- Copy
- 1.7K
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