Fair Quotes

2223 Fair quotes by 1579 unique authors

The lakes are something which you are unprepared for; they lie up so high, exposed to the light, and the forest is diminished to a… — Henry David Thoreau
A truly good book is something as natural, and as unexpectedly and unaccountably fair and perfect, as a wild-flower discovered on the prairies of the… — Henry David Thoreau
There are vivid memories from my childhood-what we had to go through because of low wages and the conditions, basically because there was no union.… — Cesar Chavez
It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for. — Clarence Day
We who feel that justice is not being done have but one thing to do: that is fight, by argument, by example, by insistence on… — Theodore Dreiser
He was as noble and fair in face as an elf-lord, as strong as a warrior, as wise as a wizard, as venerable as a… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Civilizations die from philosophical calm, irony, and a sense of fair play quite as surely as they die of debauchery. — Joseph Wood Krutch
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the… — Thomas Jefferson
I would not read the proof of one of my books for any fair & reasonable sum whatever, if I could get out of it.… — Mark Twain
Women are as roses, whose fair flower, being once displayed, doth fall that very hour. — William Shakespeare
I have seen youths bright eyed and fair groping after bubbles in rapture, and conceiving them diamonds and the glitter of fine jewels, until their… — Theodore Dreiser
My future will not copy my fair past, I wrote that once. And, thinking at my side my ministering life-angel justified the word by his… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I got a horse for my wife. I thought it was a fair swap. — Bob Monkhouse
A good leader must be fair. — Yao Ming
I feel the denial of gay marriage sends a prejudice message. Our youth deserve a fair and hopeful future with government that values us equally. — Lady Gaga
Give an average baby a fair chance, and if it doesn't do something it oughtn't to a doctor should be called in at once. — Jerome K. Jerome
Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics. — Victor Borge
If farmers and blacksmiths could win independence from an empire if immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores… — Michelle Obama
Under the colour of commending him I have access my own love to prefer; But Silvia is too fair, too true, too holy, To be… — William Shakespeare
Gloucester, we have done deeds of charity, made peace of enmity, fair love of hate, between these swelling wrong-incensed peers. — William Shakespeare
Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may henceforth be bestowed equally, I would we could do… — William Shakespeare
Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers grow. Cleopatra was… — Charles Spurgeon
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly. — David Hackworth
If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. — Luis Bunuel
Every (stressful thought) is a variation on a single theme: This shouldn't be happening. I shouldn't be having this experience. God is unjust. Life isn't… — Byron Katie

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