Graver Quotes

12 quotes by 12 authors

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of… — Aristotle
This is revolution in reaction, as well as in radicalism, and Toryism speaking a jargon of law and order may often be a graver menace… — Frank I. Cobb
Do not regard the feelings of a person who speaks to you about his neighbor disparagingly, but rather say to him: "Stop, brother! I fall… — John Climacus
The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against… — Thomas Aquinas
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence. — Louis D. Brandeis
It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her… — Norman Douglas
Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of… — Samuel Dash
A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But… — William Cowper
We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their… — Emile M. Cioran
When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on… — Niccolo Machiavelli
As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that offers… — W. Somerset Maugham
Far graver is it to corrupt the faith that is the life of the soul than to counterfeit the money that sustains temporal life. — St Thomas Aquinas

Who Wrote These Graver Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 12 Graver Quotes as follows: