Harm Quotes
1396 quotes by 1024 authors
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To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is a truth. Error always does…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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They say there's no harm in daydreaming, but there is.
— Charlaine Harris
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One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.
— Peter Kreeft
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Remember, then, that whoever does not mean good is always in danger of harm. But I try to give everybody fair play, and those that…
— George MacDonald
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Well, honey, a shot never does a coke any harm!
— Tennessee Williams
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Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for one night. And they…
— Diana Gabaldon
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What is the knocking? What is the knocking at the door in the night? It is somebody who wants to do us harm. No, no,…
— D. H. Lawrence
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The most fundamental aggression to ourselves, the most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves, is to remain ignorant by not having the courage and…
— Pema Chodron
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No god should ever be invoked to inflict harm.
— J.V. Hart
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Oh, there was harm indeed for a young lady flattered by the brief attentions of a handsome man.
— Kate Morton
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In a way, the world−view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the…
— George Orwell
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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us
— Voltaire
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There's an argument for saying that brave men deserve what they get, but it's a serious business forcing cowards to stand in harm's way.
— K.J. Parker
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Our shared world is humanly unquantifiable and ideologically confused. Which one of them is capable of implementing the most recognizable harm or good?
— James Ellroy
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Come now, my child, if we were planning to harm you, do you think we'd be lurking here beside the path in the very darkest…
— Kenneth Patchen
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Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all the dead that are alive enough…
— Booth Tarkington
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Kids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members…
— Sloane Crosley
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I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune.…
— Louisa May Alcott
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There was no harm in taking aim, even if the target was a dream.
— John Knowles
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Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared.
— Suzanne Collins
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