Less Necessary Quotes

8 quotes by 7 authors

• General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air, which is not… — William Hazlitt
• We must learn to suffer what we cannot evade; our life, like the harmony of the world, is composed of contrary things, and one part… — Michel de Montaigne
• Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain. — Joseph de Maistre
• Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive… — William Hazlitt
• Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame. — Mahatma Gandhi
• It must not be forgotten that it is especially dangerous to enslave men in the minor details of life. For my part, I should be… — Alexis de Tocqueville
• But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. — Thornton Wilder
• Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are… — Leo Tolstoy

Who Wrote These Less Necessary Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 8 Less Necessary Quotes as follows:

• 2 Less Necessary Quotes by William Hazlitt
• 1 Less Necessary Quote by Michel de Montaigne
• 1 Less Necessary Quote by Joseph de Maistre
• 1 Less Necessary Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
• 1 Less Necessary Quote by Alexis de Tocqueville
• 1 Less Necessary Quote by Thornton Wilder
• 1 Less Necessary Quote by Leo Tolstoy