Appear Quotes

1904 Appear quotes by 1364 unique authors

One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Whatever folly men commit, be their shortcomings or their vices what they may, let us exercise forbearance; remember that when these faults appear in others… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The weak can be terrible because they try furiously to appear strong. — Rabindranath Tagore
Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within. — Jean de la Bruyere
What I like about experience is that it is such an honest thing. You may take any number of wrong turnings; but keep your eyes… — C.S. Lewis
When the Sun sets, shadows, that shew'd at Noon But small, appear most long and terrible; So, when we think Fate hovers o'er our Heads,… — John Dryden
Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden - what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked… — Herman Melville
To appear at church every Sunday; to look down upon, and let himself be looked at for an hour by the congregation, is the best… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In New York -- whose subway trains in particular have been ''tattooed'' with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame -- not… — Gilbert Adair
The first who attracts the eye, the first in enlightenment, in power and in happiness, is the white man, the European, man par excellence; below… — Alexis de Tocqueville
And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul,… — Edmund Waller
I think fear... tends to hold people back from really pursuing their dreams. Basically: LEAP! And the net will appear. — Bif Naked
The form most contradictory to human life that can appear among the human species is the "self-sat-isfied man. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so. — Charles Caleb Colton
Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can… — E L Doctorow
Other people's appetites easily appear excessive when one doesn't share them. — Andre Gide
I would like the events never to be told directly by the author, but rather to be introduced (and several times, from various angles) by… — Andre Gide
Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear. — Isaac D'Israeli
A sahib has got to act like a sahib; he has got to appear resolute, to know his own mind and do definite things. — George Orwell
Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place. — Samuel Johnson
Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and vulgar, they will appear to… — Lord Chesterfield
Have the courage to appear poor and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting. — Anna Brownell Jameson
It is a difficult matter for man to realize the extreme importance of social discriminations which seem outwardly insignificant but which produce in woman moral… — Simone de Beauvoir
Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. — Irving Babbitt

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