Cause Quotes

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The torrent of centuries rolling over the human race, has continually brought new perfections, the cause of which, ever active though unseen, is found in… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I love nothing and that is the true cause of my ennui. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand
Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness. — Saadi
I have full cause of weeping, but this heart shall break into a hundred thousand flaws or ere I'll weep. — William Shakespeare
One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich. — Samuel Johnson
Our lives are not totally random. We make commitments, we cause things to happen. — Wendy Wasserstein
Tragedy and comedy are simply questions of value; a little misfit in life makes us laugh; a great one is tragedy and cause for expression… — Elbert Hubbard
There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. Fontenelle says he would undertake to persuade… — Oliver Goldsmith
Those whose cause is just will never lack good arguments. — Euripides
A just cause needs no interpreting. It carries its own case. But the unjust argument since it is sick, needs clever medicine. — Euripides
If you ask me a question, don't tell me what the question is in advance, 'cause I'd rather not know. — Geraldine Ferraro
Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek Such proof, conclude, they then begin to fail. — John Milton
In argument with men a woman ever Goes by the worse, whatever be her cause. — John Milton
The justification for those actions was that we were living in a very hard, predatory, cloak-and-dagger world and that the only way to deal with… — Norman Cousins
Every human feeling is greater and larger than its exciting cause-a proof, I think, that man is designed for a higher state of existence. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Now a writer can make himself a nice career while he is alive by espousing a political cause, working for it, making a profession of… — Ernest Hemingway
The woman's cause is man's: they rise or sink Together. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I can not wish you success in your effort to reject the treaty because while it may win the fight it may destroy our cause.… — William Jennings Bryan
There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the… — Mike Royko
They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure. — Florenz Ziegfeld
Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind… — Gunter Grass
The future of humanity is uncertain, even in the most prosperous countries, and the quality of life deteriorates; and yet I believe that what is… — Primo Levi
Those desires that do not bring pain if they are not satisfied are not necessary; and they are easily thrust aside whenever to satisfy them… — Epicurus
It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which is the prime cause of infidelity, that infallible rejuvenator. — Cyril Connolly
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you're fightin' for freedom, 'cause you don't always win. — Molly Ivins

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