Keenness Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and…
— William James
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Man's value before God is estimated by the dispositions of his heart, its uprightness, its good will, its charity, and not by keenness of intellect…
— Anne Catherine Emmerich
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No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be…
— Karen Horney
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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
— Adam Weishaupt
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Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe until a trespass on the Constitution provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that…
— James Madison
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Men like Henry George [ the pioneer of land value taxation] are rare, unfortunately. One cannot imagine a more beautiful combination of intellectual keenness, artistic…
— Albert Einstein
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No metal can--no, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness of thy sharp envy.
— William Shakespeare
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One of the things called forth by the Imagist movement in poetry was neatness; and when we say keenness, we mean neatness. A knife that…
— Eli Siegel
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To my surprise, I felt a certain springy keenness. I was ready to hike. I had waited months for this day, after all, even if…
— Bill Bryson
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In small towns people scent the wind with noses of uncommon keenness.
— Stephen King
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Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage…
— Bertolt Brecht
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The infinite wonders of the universe are revealed to us in exact measure as we are capable of receiving them. The keenness of our vision…
— Helen Keller
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Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. 'If I understand aright…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
Who Wrote These Keenness Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Keenness Quotes as follows: