Chiefly Quotes

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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike… — Aristotle
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. — Franklin P. Adams
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable… — Henry Ward Beecher
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels… — Arnold Bennett
Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth. — Ambrose Bierce
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. — Miguel de Cervantes
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most… — William Ellery Channing
Our first problem is that our attitude towards sin is more self-centred than God-centred. We are more concerned about our own "Victory" over sin than… — Jerry Bridges
[M]y work, which I've done for a long time, was not pursued in order to gain the praise I now enjoy, but chiefly from a… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitter disappointment. — Albert Einstein
what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil… — Thomas Jefferson
I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. — Thomas Jefferson
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. — Henry Fielding
Men get opinions as boys learn to spell by reiteration chiefly. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and… — Joseph Story
OUT-OF-DOORS, n. That part of one's environment upon which no government has been able to collect taxes. Chiefly useful to inspire poets. — Ambrose Bierce
A kitten is chiefly remarkable for rushing about like mad at nothing whatever and generally stopping before it gets there. — Agnes Repplier
Christ chiefly manifests Himself in times of affliction, because then the soul unites itself most closely by faith to Christ. The soul, in time of… — Richard Sibbes
The foundations of population genetics were laid chiefly by mathematical deduction from basic premises contained in the works of Mendel and Morgan and their followers.… — Theodosius Dobzhansky

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