Mere Quotes

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The witch-hunt was a perverse manifestation of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom.… — Arthur Miller
IT is mere coincidence that Cooper was born in the year which produced The Power of Sympathy and that when he died Uncle Tom's Cabin… — Carl Clinton Van Doren
America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral,… — Woodrow Wilson
Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action. — Woodrow Wilson
What chiefly distinguishes the daily press is its incurable fear of ideas, its constant effort to evade the discussion of fundamentals by translating all issues… — H. L. Mencken
The mere pronunciation of the word luxurious feels lush, luxuriant. — Lady G
A painter, who finds no satisfaction in mere representation, however artistic, in his longing to express his inner life, cannot but envy the ease with… — Wassily Kandinsky
We were never created to settle for mere religion. Jesus did not die so that we could have a religious belief system - but rather… — Christine Caine
She wondered if, when human souls try to get too near each other, they do not inevitably become mere blurs to each other's vision. — Edith Wharton
IF we desire European civilization to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather that souls are in real peril than that their… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
You see the lighted windows and what you want to think is that there may be many interesting stories behind them, but what you know… — Terry Pratchett
The Moon is a white strange world, great, white, soft-seeming globe in the night sky, and what she actually communicates to me across space I… — D. H. Lawrence
Candleford Green was but a small village and there were fields and meadows and woods all around it. As soon as Laura crossed the doorstep,… — Flora Thompson
Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune. — Confucius
The only philosophy that can be practiced responsibly in the face of despair is the attempt to contemplate all things as they would present themselves… — Theodor Adorno
Shares are not mere pieces of paper. They represent part ownership of a business. So, when contemplating an investment, think like a prospective owner. — Warren Buffett
The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice,… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
A sense of a wider meaning to one's existence is what raises a man beyond mere getting and spending. If he lacks this sense, he… — Carl Jung
Grace is not looking for good men whom it may approve, for it is not grace but mere justice to approve goodness. [Rather] it is… — C. I. Scofield
It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or using them particularly… — Gary L. Francione

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