Mere Quotes

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The proposition of an established classification of states as slave states and free states, as insisted on by some, and into northern and southern, as… — William H. Seward
In sci-fi convention, life-forms that hadn't developed space travel were mere prehistory -- horse-shoe crabs of the cosmic scene -- and something of the humiliation… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Women aren't as mere as they used to be. — Walt Kelly
How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which makes their very survival so hazardous. Print has a permanence of its own, though… — Elizabeth Drew
The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great… — Gustav Mahler
A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of years in the life to… — Alice Meynell
All men need something to poetize and idealize their life a little-something which they value for more than its use, and which is a symbol… — Theodore Parker
There's a certain pattern that exists with geniuses - an eccentricity, a lack of social graces and an inability to really communicate with mere mortals. — John Noble
I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of… — Kenzaburo Oe
The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity… — Richard Owen
Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude… — Rabindranath Tagore
This formula of Love is universal; all the laws of Nature are its servitors. Thus, gravitation, chemical affinity, electrical potential, and the rest - and… — Aleister Crowley
The Holy Spirit is no skeptic. He has written neither doubt nor mere opinion into our hearts, but rather solid assurances, which are more sure… — Martin Luther
The full history of the interlocking participation of the Imperial German Government and international finance in the destruction of the Russian Empire is not yet… — Boris Brasol
The difference between psychedelia and digitalia ages will seem like a smooth blending in years to come and will be a mere blip on the… — Edward Ruscha
All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In… — Samuel Johnson
There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that the sole secret… — Saint Francis de Sales
So we do have our exits and our entrances and we are perhaps mere, but I think if one keep a certain joyousness in life… — Janet Suzman
Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for… — Heather Wilson

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