Doubly Quotes

62 quotes by 56 authors

When thinking about companions gone, we feel ourselves doubly alone. — Walter Scott
There are two insults which no human being will endure: The assertion that he hasn't a sense of humor, and the doubly impertinent assertion that… — Sinclair Lewis
The truth is always an abyss. One must â€” as in a swimming pool â€” dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday… — Franz Kafka
The memory of that event has only just come back to me, now doubly painful: regret for a vanished past and, above all, remorse for… — Jean-Dominique Bauby
Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure. — Reinhold Niebuhr
My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company… — Ludwig van Beethoven
A dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young. — Edgar Allan Poe
If this book has a lesson, it is that we are awfully lucky to be here-and by 'we' I mean every living thing. To attain… — Bill Bryson
Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength… — Thomas Hardy
I've always been told my presence brightened up any room. One might think that went doubly for dank underground cell." (Jace) — Cassandra Clare
Creating is living doubly. The groping, anxious quest of a Proust, his meticulous collecting of flowers, of wallpapers, and of anxieties, signifies nothing else. — Albert Camus
They knew that love snatched in the face of danger and death was doubly sweet for the strange excitement that went with it. — Margaret Mitchell
I've always loathed rich people, so I've become who I've loathed, which makes it doubly difficult, if you can follow me. — Larry David
Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous. — William Proxmire
To see is one of God's great gifts to man and to comprehend what we see is doubly so. Furthermore, He has endowed some people… — Waite Phillips
There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see no intrinsic reason why a doubly talented artist might not arise and create a comic-strip novel masterpiece. — John Updike
The life of an actor is very hard irrespective of the continent you are in. It is doubly hard when you are only eligible for… — Kabir Bedi
The world of science and the world of literature have much in common. Each is an international club, helping to tie mankind together across barriers… — Freeman Dyson
Doubly happy, however, is the man whom lofty mountain tops are within reach, for the lights that shine there illumine all that lies below — John Muir

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