"Unless you are a genius, it is best……" — Anthony Hope
"Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible."
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13 Quotes by Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope has 13 quotes on this site.
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I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
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Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
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He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have…
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In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never…
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You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
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I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.
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Good families are generally worse than any others.
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Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
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I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).
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There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to…
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For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes…
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His foe was folly and his weapon wit.
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More Aim Quotes
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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