Largely Quotes

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History thus becomes largely a study of character. Insight into temperament is hardly less important than the probing of "original materials." — Charles Francis Adams, Jr.
"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking… — Jan Morris
Modern civilization is largely devoted to the pursuit of the cult of delusion. There is no general information about the nature of mind. It is… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Life is largely a matter of expectation. — Horace
Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy, and… — Vilfredo Pareto
Botany, n. The science of vegetables - those that are not good to eat, as well as those that are. It deals largely with their… — Ambrose Bierce
I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the… — Henry David Thoreau
Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites,… — Ambrose Bierce
...the case for individual freedom rests largely on the recognition of the inevitable and universal ignorance of all of us concerning a great many of… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The high rate of unemployment among teenagers, and especially black teenagers, is both a scandal and a serious source of social unrest. Yet it is… — Milton Friedman
Remember that accumulated knowledge, like accumulated capital, increases at compound interest: but it differs from the accumulation of capital in this; that the increase of… — Charles Babbage
I find it [science] analytical, pretentious and superficial-largely because it does not address itself to dreams, chance, laughter, feelings, or paradox-in other words,-all the things… — Luis Bunuel
I believe in free will. Of those that, like us, are in a privileged situation at least. For you, for me: people who are living… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I have always felt it was a handicap for oppressed peoples to depend so largely upon a leader, because unfortunately in our culture, the charismatic… — Ella Baker
Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a… — Eduardo Galeano
From that night on, the electron-up to that time largely the plaything of the scientist-had clearly entered the field as a potent agent in the… — Robert Andrews Millikan
The Buddha described his teaching as "going against the stream." The unflinching light of mindful awareness reveals the extent to which we are tossed along… — Stephen Batchelor
If my happiness at this moment consists largely in reviewing happy memories and expectations, I am but dimly aware of this present. I shall still… — Alan Watts

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