Mere Quotes

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Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who… — Gottfried Leibniz
We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a… — C.S. Lewis
Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows himself… — Henry David Thoreau
Visit the Navy-Yard, and behold a marine, such a man as an American government can make, or such as it can make a man with… — Henry David Thoreau
This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere… — Thomas Jefferson
Fit for kings, formal gardens afford an earthly Elysium and the odd impression that we mere men might actually control nature for a time. — Ezra Pound
When I contemplate the accumulation of guilt and remorse which, like a garbage-can, I carry through life, and which is fed not only by the… — Cyril Connolly
Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom… — William Cowper
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere opinion. Bewilderment brings intuitive knowledge. — Rumi
Love is an expression and assertion of self-esteem, a response to one's own values in the person of another. One gains a profoundly personal, selfish… — Ayn Rand
All the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been… — H. L. Mencken
The Puritanical nonsense of excluding children and therefore to some extent women from pubs has turned these places into mere boozing shops instead of the… — George Orwell
They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke. — P.G. Wodehouse
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. — Thomas Jefferson
By happiness I mean here a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. This is not a mere pleasurable feeling, a… — Matthieu Ricard
As poverty has been reduced in terms of mere survival, it has become more profound in terms of our way of life. — Raoul Vaneigem
Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance. Old age is… — Ursula K. Le Guin
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has… — H. L. Mencken
Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle. Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others. — Timothy Leary
Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness. — Elizabeth Bowen

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