Chiefly Quotes

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With civilized men..., it is, I think, chiefly love of excitement which makes the populace applaud when war breaks out; the emotion is exactly the… — Bertrand Russell
The danger chiefly lies in acting well; no crime's so great as daring to excel. — Charles Churchill
Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how… — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
All real and wholesome enjoyments possible to people have been just as possible to them since first they were made of the earth as they… — John Ruskin
Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion. — Richard John Neuhaus
It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and whoever heard of a place… — Algernon Blackwood
The Highways of America are built chiefly of politics, whereas the proper material is crushed rock or concrete. — Carl G. Fisher
A woman means by Unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others...thus, while the woman thinks of doing good… — C.S. Lewis
The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach. — Stephen Gardiner
The twentieth century will be chiefly remembered by future generations not as an era of political conflicts or technical inventions, but as an age in… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Not only our eternal salvation depends upon our willingness and capacity to forgive wrongs committed against us. Our joy and satisfaction in this life, and… — Marion D. Hanks
The main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from PhÃ¦nomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects till we come to the… — Isaac Newton
HOG, n. A bird remarkable for the catholicity of its appetite and serving to illustrate that of ours. Among the Mahometans and Jews, the hog… — Ambrose Bierce
A loaf of bread, the Walrus said, Is what we chiefly need: Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed-- Now if you're ready, Oysters,… — Lewis Carroll
As the faculty of writing has chiefly been a masculine endowment, the reproach of making the world miserable has always been thrown upon the women. — Samuel Johnson
But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised… — William Cowper
What greatly attracted me - and it was the main line of advance of Cubism - was how to give material expression to this new… — Georges Braque
The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior utility in… — Thorstein Veblen
All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests. — William Stanley Jevons
The object of government is the welfare of the people. The material progress and prosperity of a nation are desirable chiefly so far as they… — Theodore Roosevelt

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