Confer Quotes

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It hardly needs explaining at length, I think, how much authority or beauty is added to style by the timely use of proverbs. In the… — Desiderius Erasmus
In the performance of a good action, we not only benefit ourselves, but we confer a blessing upon others. — Philip Sidney
We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame… — Mark Twain
When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all. — Publilius Syrus
Minds that have nothing to confer Find little to perceive. — William Wordsworth
One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within… — Konrad Lorenz
Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance. — Max Weber
Tyndall, ... I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal… — Michael Faraday
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, never forget it. — Chilon of Sparta
Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Does not beauty confer a benefit upon us, even by the simple fact of being beautiful? — Victor Hugo
Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man;… — Sathya Sai Baba
I originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that Ive every said, and I used… — Will Rogers
I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my casement sing, Though it should prove a farewell lay And this our parting spring. * * *… — William Wordsworth
I can imagine no man who will look with more horror on the End than a conscientious revolutionary who has, in a sense sincerely, been… — C.S. Lewis
To confer dignity, forgive. To express contempt, forget. — Mason Cooley
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility. — Peter Drucker
I cannot imagine any other country in the world where the opposition would seek, and the chief executive would allow, the dissemination of his most… — Gerald R. Ford

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