Mere Quotes

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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison… — Johann Arndt
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other… — Saint Augustine
Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy… — Honore de Balzac
The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. — Douglas Adams
Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model… — Tyra Banks
Twelve-piece cookware sets for ninety-nine bucks are routinely hawked on late-night TV - often by friends of mine. But with a mere five pieces, you… — Mario Batali
Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a… — Evan Bayh
Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness. — Joseph Addison
Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of Earth the only forms in… — Annie Besant
No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel
The individual activity of one man with backbone will do more than a thousand men with a mere wishbone. — William J. H. Boetcker
When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no.… — Erma Bombeck
The mere attempt to examine my own confusion would consume volumes. — James Agee
Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize,… — Andre Breton
I'm an absolute connoisseur of cheeseburgers and like to think that I can detect even mere percentages of shift in fat content in ground meat… — Alton Brown
How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy! — Robert Browning
Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the… — James Buchan
Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy. — Edmund Burke
There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers'… — Buzz Aldrin

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