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title: "277 Merely Quotes by 255 authors"
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> [Greed is merely a species of nearsightedness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ford/greed-is-merely-a-species-of-nearsightedness/)

[Henry Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ford/)

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> [God is not dead-He is merely unemployed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/god-is-not-dead-he-is-merely-unemployed/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

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> [A home without a dog is merely a shelter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-huneck/a-home-without-a-dog-is-merely-a-shelter/)

[Stephen Huneck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-huneck/)

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> [Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martial/life-is-not-merely-to-be-alive-but-to-be-well/)

[Martial](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martial/)

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> [“there are NO rules, merely suggestions”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keri-smith/there-are-no-rules-merely-suggestions/)

[Keri Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keri-smith/)

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> [The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-public-is-merely-a-multiplied-me/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [Impossible is merely an opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-latimer/impossible-is-merely-an-opinion/)

[Jason Latimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-latimer/)

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> [Without money honor is merely a disease.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-racine/without-money-honor-is-merely-a-disease/)

[Jean Racine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-racine/)

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> [To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bebe-moore-campbell/to-me-there-s-no-point-in-writing-merely-to-entertain/)

[Bebe Moore Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bebe-moore-campbell/)

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> [The fact we exist merely means we exist. That's all it means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/the-fact-we-exist-merely-means-we-exist-that-s-all-it-means/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

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> [I can't be satisfied with the colossal job of merely living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/i-can-t-be-satisfied-with-the-colossal-job-of-merely-living/)

[Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/)

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> [I could not unlove him now, merely because I found that he had ceased to notice me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/i-could-not-unlove-him-now-merely-because-i-found-that-he-had-ceased/)

[Charlotte Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [“They are not my stories...they are merely mine to tell”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-aldana/they-are-not-my-stories-they-are-merely-mine-to-tell/)

[Jeremy Aldana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-aldana/)

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> [The Jews are not merely hook-nosed but understand money instinctively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/the-jews-are-not-merely-hook-nosed-but-understand-money-instinctively/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

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> [Merely to have survived is not an index of excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-hecht/merely-to-have-survived-is-not-an-index-of-excellence/)

[Anthony Hecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-hecht/)

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> [Everything that is written merely to please the author is worthless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/blaise-pascal/everything-that-is-written-merely-to-please-the-author-is-worthless/)

[Blaise Pascal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/blaise-pascal/)

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> [The CVC and CAG are independent but merely recommendatory. The government often ignores their advice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arvind-kejriwal/the-cvc-and-cag-are-independent-but-merely-recommendatory-the/)

[Arvind Kejriwal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arvind-kejriwal/)

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> [She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/she-did-not-admire-him-any-more-than-she-had-it-was-merely-that-she/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The Miss America Pageant reinforces a belief that women are merely how they look and how they please.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/the-miss-america-pageant-reinforces-a-belief-that-women-are-merely/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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> [I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-h-seward/i-submit-on-the-other-hand-most-respectfully-that-the-constitution/)

[William H. Seward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-h-seward/)

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> [Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/now-the-british-are-coming-i-think-cameron-should-ask-the-chinese/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [In those days I was new to covers; merely felt pleased that a story of mine had been honored. I later met…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-e-van-vogt/in-those-days-i-was-new-to-covers-merely-felt-pleased-that-a-story-of/)

[A. E. van Vogt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-e-van-vogt/)

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> [Pro-lifers have long been castigated for bringing private values into the public square. But actually it is the pro-abortion position that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-pearcey/pro-lifers-have-long-been-castigated-for-bringing-private-values-into/)

[Nancy Pearcey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-pearcey/)

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> [There is a distinction between fact and truth. Truth has an element of revelation about it. If something is true, it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucian-freud/there-is-a-distinction-between-fact-and-truth-truth-has-an-element-of/)

[Lucian Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucian-freud/)

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> [Data from orbiting telescopes like NASA's Kepler Mission hint that the tally of habitable planets in our galaxy is many billion. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-shostak/data-from-orbiting-telescopes-like-nasa-s-kepler-mission-hint-that/)

[Seth Shostak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-shostak/)

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> [Polling is merely an instrument for gauging public opinion. When a president or any other leader pays attention to poll results, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gallup/polling-is-merely-an-instrument-for-gauging-public-opinion-when-a/)

[George Gallup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gallup/)

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> [This is a fundamental view of the world. It says that when you build a thing you cannot merely build that thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-alexander/this-is-a-fundamental-view-of-the-world-it-says-that-when-you-build-a/)

[Christopher Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-alexander/)

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> [Acting was merely a pastime; I wanted to make films. But theatre, ah - now that was a labour of love. Can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir-bedi/acting-was-merely-a-pastime-i-wanted-to-make-films-but-theatre-ah-now/)

[Kabir Bedi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir-bedi/)

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> [By seeing the problem of poverty merely in terms of assistance, we overlook that our enormous economic advantage is deeply tainted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-pogge/by-seeing-the-problem-of-poverty-merely-in-terms-of-assistance-we/)

[Thomas Pogge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-pogge/)

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> [I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-alan-sekulow/i-do-not-mean-that-you-could-continue-to-do-this-with-propriety-or/)

[Jay Alan Sekulow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-alan-sekulow/)

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> [Slavery is a wrong to each individual enslaved; and not merely to the first of a series. Natural law, therefore, as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lysander-spooner/slavery-is-a-wrong-to-each-individual-enslaved-and-not-merely-to-the/)

[Lysander Spooner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lysander-spooner/)

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> [Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-seagal/aikido-is-not-merely-about-fighting-and-the-development-of-the/)

[Steven Seagal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-seagal/)

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> [History is merely gossip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/history-is-merely-gossip/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [We teach ourselves; Zen merely points the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-t-suzuki/we-teach-ourselves-zen-merely-points-the-way/)

[D.T. Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-t-suzuki/)

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> [A melody is not merely something you can hum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-copland/a-melody-is-not-merely-something-you-can-hum/)

[Aaron Copland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-copland/)

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> [Journalism is merely history's first draft.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-ward/journalism-is-merely-history-s-first-draft/)

[Geoffrey Ward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-ward/)

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> [“You will never be merely pretty”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-makkai/you-will-never-be-merely-pretty/)

[Katie Makkai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-makkai/)

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> [Virtue is too often merely local.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/virtue-is-too-often-merely-local/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Love is merely madness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-merely-madness/)

[William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/)

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> [All tradition is merely the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/all-tradition-is-merely-the-past/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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