Forego Quotes
33 quotes by 31 authors
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See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved…
— William Shakespeare
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There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.
— Billie Burke
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There was the pedestrian who wedged himself into the crowd, but there was also the flneur who demanded elbow room and was unwilling to forego…
— Walter Benjamin
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Life . . . is a joyful expression of love, praise and thanksgiving instead of a hopeless struggle which eventually ends in death. Giving thanks…
— Robert Scheid
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The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits that…
— Eugene Odum
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That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not…
— Bainbridge Colby
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Make no man your friend before inquiring how he has used his former friends; for you must expect him to treat you as he has…
— Isocrates
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Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o'er, Till Memory lends her light no more.
— Walter Scott
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Men had better be without education than be educated by their rulers; for their education is but the mere breaking in of the steer to…
— Thomas Hodgskin
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To forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose you resolved to effect.
— William Shakespeare
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It will begin with its President taking a simple, firm resolution. The resolution will be: To forego the diversions of politics and to concentrate on…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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... if we are serious about helping nature, we need to be willing to forego material benefits.
— Douglas J. Moo
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It takes personal sacrifice to communicate when conditions are right for the other person-during the meal preparation, after a date, a hurt, a victory, a…
— Marvin J. Ashton
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I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible. I…
— Margaret Thatcher
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Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man: He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear…
— John Keats
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There are three reasons, . . . apart from scientific considerations, mankind needs to travel in space. The first . . . is garbage disposal;…
— Freeman Dyson
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Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.
— Ambrose Bierce
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But in vain she did conjure him, To depart her presence so, Having a thousand tongues t' allure him And but one to bid him…
— Walter Raleigh
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Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art, oh!…
— George Crabbe
Who Wrote These Forego Quotes
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