Comparatively Quotes

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To be well informed, one must read quickly a great number of merely instructive books. To be cultivated, one must read slowly and with a… — Aldous Huxley
Women never reason, and therefore they are (comparatively) seldom wrong. — William Hazlitt
It (Hinduism) is like the boa constrictor of the Indian forests. When a petty enemy appears to worry it, it winds round its opponent, crushes… — Max Arthur Macauliffe
It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a person's death consecrates him or her anew to us. It is… — George Eliot
Conditions are changing all the time, and to adapt one's thinking to the new conditions, one must study. Even those who have a better grasp… — Mao Zedong
While I am watching the birds I believe I am comparatively immune from the assaults of life. The very indifference to humanity of these wild… — Anna Kavan
I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric. — Gerrit Smith
To this must be added that the hiring of labor and the conduct of trade are concentrated in the hands of comparatively few; so that… — Pope Leo XIII
Some do not walk at all; others walk in the highways; a few walk across lots. Roads are made for horses and men of business.… — Henry David Thoreau
Heretofore there has always been in the history of the world a comparatively unoccupied land westward, into which the crowded countries of the East have… — Josiah Strong
The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without… — Jean de la Bruyere
No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens. In spite of all the knowledge that has accumulated since,… — George Orwell
At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to hold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, some of whom belonged… — Ray Stannard Baker
Intense mutual erotic love, love which involves with the flesh all the most refined sexual being of the spirit, which reveals and perhaps even ex… — Iris Murdoch
Look at television and how comparatively few minorities are out there. — Gedde Watanabe
Are you doing the kind of work you were built for, so that you can expect to be able to do very large amounts of… — B. C. Forbes
There is always more in one of Ramanujan's formulae than meets the eye, as anyone who sets to work to verify those which look the… — G. H. Hardy
It is necessary to mark the greater from the lesser truth: namely the larger and more liberal idea of nature from the comparatively narrow and… — J M W Turner
Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their… — David Ricardo
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of… — Martha Graham

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