Affords Quotes

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A rational reaction against the irrational excesses and vagaries of scepticism may, I admit, readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. To be engaged… — William E. Gladstone
Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. — Samuel Johnson
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. — Samuel Johnson
Clarity affords focus. — Thomas Leonard
The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in… — Kate Millett
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. — Samuel Richardson
Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality. — Albert Schweitzer
The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us. — Madame de Stael
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him. — Henry David Thoreau
The necessity of every one paying in his own labor for what he consumes, affords the only legitimate and effectual check to excessive luxury, which… — Josiah Warren
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy.… — George Washington
Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords. — Richard Brautigan
Time affords us the ability to blame past errors on others while whole heartedly pronouncing our futures successes. — Douglas Adams
Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough. — Salman Rushdie
Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords. — Theodore Roosevelt
Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities. — Alexandre Dumas
There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor a writer of… — Vladimir Nabokov
Mastery of language affords remarkable power. — Frantz Fanon
Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal caretakers.… — Brandon Mull

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