Likened Quotes

54 quotes by 47 authors

Passions are likened best to floods and streams: The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb. — Walter Raleigh
Every one is fond of comparing himself to something great and grandiose, as Louis XIV likened himself to the sun, and others have had like… — Francois Magendie
If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder:… — Sun Tzu
The skillful tactician may be likened to the shuai-jan. Now the shuai-jan is a snake that is found in the Ch'ang mountains. Strike at its… — Sun Tzu
An army may be likened to water, for just as flowing water avoids the heights and hastens to the lowlands, so an army avoids strength… — Sun Tzu
The human spirit may be likened to the bounty of the sun shining on a mirror. The body of man, ... grows and develops through… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger. — Sun Tzu
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence "of its own… — Paul Davies
Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty! — James Monroe
I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years. — Neil Young
Frequently my life has been likened to a Greek tragedy, and the actress in me cannot deny that comparison. — Patricia Neal
The mind has been likened to a piece of paper that has been folded. Ever afterwards it has a tendency to fold in the same… — William Walker Atkinson
The Revelation of theÂ BÃ¡bÂ may be likened to the sun, its station corresponding to the first sign of the Zodiacâ€”the sign Ariesâ€”which the sun… — Shoghi Effendi
Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help… — Yana Toboso
Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and… — David Trimble
At Brandies I discovered Feminism. And I instantly became a convert... writing brilliant papers in my Myths of Patriarchy class, in which I likened my… — Heather Hart
Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be likened… — Huineng
Mathematics may be likened to a large rock whose interior composition we wish to examine. The older mathematicians appear as persevering stone cutters slowly attempting… — Howard Whitley Eves
Children often have been likened to scientists. Both ask fundamental questions about the nature of the universe. Both also ask innumerable questions that seem utterly… — Robert S. Siegler
If anarchists are idealists, they may simply be likened to someone who finds himself swimming in a cesspool and, rather than paddling about looking for… — Robert Higgs

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