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Chief Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- The Scotch catechism says that man's chief end is 'to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.' But we shall then know that these are the…
- At home, besides being Peter or Jane, we also bear a general character; husband or wife, brother or sister, chief, colleague or subordinate. Not among…
- Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of…
- The Christians are right: it is Pride which has been the chief cause of misery in every nation and every family since the world began.
- While friendship has been by far the chief source of my happiness, acquaintance or general society has always meant little to me, and I cannot…
More Chief Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects… — Gaston Bachelard
- The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack… — J. G. Ballard
- The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good… — Joseph Addison
- The chief danger in life is that you may take too many precautions. — Alfred Adler
- The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions. — Sarah Bernhardt
- When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when… — Joe Biden