Begets Quotes

164 quotes by 137 authors

The art of putting into play mediocre qualities often begets more reputation than is achieved by true merit. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper limitation of the purely partisan… — Grover Cleveland
Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. — Henry Fielding
Behind every person whoâ€™s committed an unimaginable crime is an adult who committed unimaginable violence against them as a child. All of them, as if… — Gong Ji-young
They say that lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but the same is not true for courage. As it turns out, when courage… — Kathi Appelt
Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love. — Plutarch
Illusion begets and sustains the world; we do not destroy one without destroying the other. Which is what I do every day. An apparently ineffectual… — Emile M. Cioran
War destroys. War obliterates. War is ruination. And war begets more war. After thousands of years of experience proving this, and reams of literature and… — Lisa Simeone
Kindness begets kindness evermore. — Sophocles
Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman
All of the elements of the comic way tend to spread to others, insinuating joy where it was previously absent. Conversation has a way of… — Joseph Rusling Meeker
The principles are important. First, the interest of the state or society counts for everything, that of the individual for nothing. Second, the only difference… — Plato
The spirit of gratitude is always pleasant and satisfying because it carries with it a sense of helpfulness to others; it begets love and friendship,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's 'all you need… — John Lennon
Our life is a hope which is continually converting itself into memory and memory in its turn begets hope. — Miguel de Unamuno
Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of… — William Penn
The Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an element… — William Lane Craig
Love begets love. This torment is my joy. — Theodore Roethke
America is not big enough to shake her fist in the face of a holy God and get away with it, and as I read… — Reggie White

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