Finer Quotes

217 quotes by 183 authors

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer; into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Nancy Astor
The mental body, like the astral, varies much in different people; it is composed of coarser or of finer matter, according to the needs of… — Annie Besant
I do believe that our modern English usage has become way too clipped and austere. I have been reading excerpts from the journals of 18th-century… — Geraldine Brooks
The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us… — Willa Cather
We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to make them see finer things… — Woodrow Wilson
It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer to fight for another man's. — Mark Twain
If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when… — Tom Robbins
We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles, we exhaust the… — Edward George, Baron George
I am beginning with the young. We older ones are used up. Yes, we are old already. We are rotten to the marrow. We have… — Adolf Hitler
There is probably nothing finer than to climb free and unencumbered by equipment, reveling in the gymnastic upward movement, like Preuss or a Dulfer before… — Hermann Buhl
There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies. — Winston Churchill
As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg — Oscar Wilde
We have to keep our God placated with prayer, and even then we are never sure of him-how much higher and finer is the Indian's… — Mark Twain
He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. — William Shakespeare
Every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last. — Charles Dickens
Finer than any sand are dusts of gold that gleam, Vague starpoints, in the mystic iris of their eyes. — Charles Baudelaire
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting… — Arthur Helps
I like when my man is worldly, know the finer things in life, is well traveled, and educated. It's important to me that he's able… — Kiana Tom
But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other… — Nikola Tesla

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