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Measure Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- Every writer making a secondary world wishes in some measure to be a real maker, or hopes that he is drawing on reality: hopes that…
- Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made…
- But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not…
- There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more…
- Life is rather above the measure of us all (save for a very few perhaps). We all need literature that is above our measure--though we…
- The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth…
More Measure Quotes
- When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life. — Marcus Aurelius
- Some things get written more quickly than others, but I can't really measure degrees of difficulty. — Paul Auster
- Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully. — Richard Bach
- I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what… — Michele Bachmann
- Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing. — Abu Bakr
- People who believe they have the power to exercise some measure of control over their lives are healthier, more effective and more… — Albert Bandura
- Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs… — Saint Basil
- Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with their mirrors. — Jean Baudrillard
- To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny. — Joseph Addison
- The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong. — Jeremy Bentham
- It is one of the most effective attitudes of the neurotic to measure thumbs down, so to speak, a real person by… — Alfred Adler
- An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a… — Wendell Berry