Esteemed Quotes

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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions… — John Adams
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed… — Daniel Boone
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for… — Thomas More
That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided it… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost every… — Henry David Thoreau
The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm,… — Kate Chopin
The qualities of bodies, which admit neither intension nor remission of degrees, and which are found to belong to fill bodies within the reach of… — Isaac Newton
The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both of private Families… — Benjamin Franklin
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed — William Shakespeare
And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth be… — David Hume
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but… — Lactantius
I have taken much pains to know everything that is esteemed worth knowing amongst men; but with all my reading, nothing now remains to comfort… — John Selden
Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution, and the decision whether… — Margaret H. Marshall
The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the… — Walter Karp
No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women. — Walter Raleigh
He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him, wherein God, from… — Richard Sibbes
That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful… — Plato
In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued, than at present.… — David Hume

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