Mere Quotes

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The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write. — Gabriel Fielding
Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing. — Donald Hall
I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on, no… — Vera Brittain
War...seems a mere madness, a collective insanity. — Bertrand Russell
The literary world is made up of little confederacies, each looking upon its own members as the lights of the universe; and considering all others… — Washington Irving
There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to get sensible men to read… — Charles Caleb Colton
It requires more than mere genius to be an author. — Jean de la Bruyere
Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more… — Paul Morphy
When the light is right and everything is working for me, I feel as tense as when making a difficult maneuver high on a mountain.… — Galen Rowell
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. .… — Aristotle
The true wisdom of the philosopher ought to insist in enjoying everything. Yet we apply ourselves to dissecting and destroying everything that is good in… — Eugene Delacroix
If animals are no longer quite outside the moral sphere, they are still in a special section near the outer rim. Their interests are allowed… — Peter Singer
If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say of this or that event, it never happened - that, surely, was more… — Winston Smith
Too large a proportion of recent "mathematical" economics are mere concoctions, as imprecise as the initial assumptions they rest on, which allow the author to… — John Maynard Keynes
Probably the only people left who think that economics deserves a Nobel Prize are economists. It confirms their conceit that they're doing 'science' rather than… — Robert J. Samuelson
A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. — Joshua Reynolds
Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as… — Benjamin Jowett
My advice to any young person at the beginning of their career is to try to look for the mere outlines of big things with… — Hans Selye
How do we transform mere power into justice, mere sentiment into love? — Barack Obama

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