Injurious Quotes

79 Injurious quotes by 62 unique authors

There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding… — Confucius
Yet beauty, though injurious, hath strange power, After offence returning, to regain Love once possess'd. — John Milton
Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of… — Confucius
Knowledge and liberty are so prevalent in this country, that I do not believe that the United States would ever be disposed to establish one… — Unknown Author
Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion. — George Washington
This is an age of intellectual sauces, of essence, of distillation. We have conclusions without deductions, abridgments of history and abridgments of science without leading… — Benjamin Haydon
I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession of medicine and that it is injurious to mankind. — Mahatma Gandhi
The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion… — Thomas Jefferson
Natural rights are those which always appertain to man in right of his existence. Of this kind are all the intellectual rights, or rights of… — Thomas Paine
Every social association that is not face-to-face is injurious to your health. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word --… — Epictetus
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious,… — William Duncan Silkworth
Just deeds are the best answer to injurious words. — John Milton
Criticism alone can sever the root of materialism, fatalism, atheism, free-thinking, fanaticism, and superstition, which can be injurious universally; as well as of idealism and… — Immanuel Kant
Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even… — Arthur Frederick Saunders
With savages, the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process… — Charles Darwin
When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply. — Charles Caleb Colton
O Christian, never be proud of things that are so transient, injurious, and uncertain as the riches of this evil world! But set your heart… — Isaac Ambrose
There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor… — Lord Acton
The American doctrinaire is the converse of the American demagogue, and, in this way, is scarcely less injurious to the public. The first deals in… — James F. Cooper
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious. — Horace
I will rather suffer a thousand wrongs than offer one. I have always found that to strive with a superior is injurious; with an equal,… — Joseph Hall
Bright light is injurious to those who see nothing. — Prudentius
Liberty, understood by materialists as the right to do or not to do anything not directly injurious to others, we understand as the faculty of… — Giuseppe Mazzini

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