Fair Quotes

2223 Fair quotes by 1579 unique authors

The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires. — Michelangelo
By the margin of fair Zurich's waters Dwelt a youth, whose fond heart, night and day, For the fairest of fair Zurich's daughters In a… — Charles Dance
Only in Washington would death be considered a taxable event. [a cynical but perhaps fair assessment] — Mike Ferguson
Whatever your sex or position, life is a battle in which you are to show your pluck, and woe be to the coward. Whether passed… — Henry David Thoreau
To earlier feminists who had fought for the vote and for fair treatment in the workplace, it had seemed obvious that the ready availability of… — Mary Ann Glendon
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social… — Karl Marx
The honour of parents is a fair and noble treasure to their posterity, but to have the use of a treasure of wealth and honour,… — Plato
Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are being… — Unknown Author
More often than not "fair" and "balanced" may be mutually exclusive — Neal Gabler
Beauty is but a flower Which wrinkles will devour; Brightness falls from the air; Queens have died young and fair; Dust hath closed Helen's eye. — Thomas Nashe
I was the Americans fair-haired boy — Allan Nairn
Call me old-fashioned, but I thought the one battle we feminists won fair and square was to convince at least those left of centre that… — Julie Bindel
I think there's always been singers like that and i've done my fair share of cheese as well. — Marc Almond
Damaging the enemy financially is fair game. — Alex Pacheco
If you ever expect life to be fair, you are in for a shocking disappointment. Life is what it is. Fair is something we made… — Michael Treanor
It is now true that this is God's Country, if equal rights-a fair start and an equal chance in the race of life are everywhere… — Rutherford B. Hayes
The America to which these Swedish settlers came was a land that needed the hardy qualities they brought. It was not a land that was… — Harry S. Truman
The gains we made in the United States that have made our country great have, in large part, been made over the opposition of major… — Byron Dorgan
I am ashamed of some christians because they have so much dependence on Parliment and the law of the land. Much good may Parliment ever… — Charles Spurgeon
People say what we're doing is holding out when in reality the teams are trying to crush the draft market because they don't want to… — Scott Boras
All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like this… — Garrison Keillor
Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity. — Grover Cleveland
If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair… — Dante Alighieri
For contemplation he and valour formed; / For softness she and sweet attractive grace, / He for God only, she for God in him: /… — John Milton
You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns. — Benjamin Franklin

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