Latter Quotes

767 Latter quotes by 537 unique authors

Young playmates of the rose and daffodil, Be careful ere ye enter in, to fill Your baskets high With fennel green, and balm, and golden… — John Keats
When people lose their jobs, they can either get another job or be entrepreneurs. In the music industry, a lot of people have attempted the… — Judd Apatow
Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a… — John Kenneth Galbraith
When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible. — Mahatma Gandhi
Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations,… — Mahatma Gandhi
We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is… — Charles Caleb Colton
The individual is capable of both great compassion and great indifference. He has it within his means to nourish the former and outgrow the latter. — Norman Cousins
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. — Democritus
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. — Diogenes
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit. — Alexandre Dumas
Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular. — Emile Durkheim
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he… — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't. Don't spend any time on the latter. — Duke Ellington
You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that… — Brian Eno
The issue of the Betrayal was so central to that, I felt the need to comment upon it. My choices were to ignore the games… — Raymond E. Feist
I've written 16 children's books and five unpublished novels. Some of the latter were breathtakingly bad. — Mark Haddon
Being and time determine each other reciprocally, but in such a manner that neither can the former - Being - be addressed as something temporal… — Martin Heidegger
Being-alone is a deficient mode of being-with; its possibility is a proof for the latter. — Martin Heidegger
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any… — Alexander Herzen
Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the… — Hans Hofmann
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can furnish the former than command the latter. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliche responses. Nor… — David Icke

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