Mere Quotes

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They definitely mean to maintain that the process called death is a mere severence of soul and body, and that the soul is freed rather… — Oliver Joseph Lodge
The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be… — Laurence Housman
The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology. — Imre Lakatos
Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was… — Samuel E. Morison
I will burn, but this is a mere event. We shall continue our discussion in eternity. — Michael Servetus
Words are mere shadows cast by ideas. But the ideas they represent are real. — Roy H. Williams
In like manner, if I let myself believe anything on insufficient evidence, there may be no great harm done by the mere belief; it may… — William Kingdon Clifford
Poetry is a mere drug, Sir. — George Farquhar
For peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it… — Socrates
The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends. — Logan Pearsall Smith
When I was first elected I was puzzled why they were holding events in my honor as a mere freshman. I asked myself, why is… — Brian Baird
No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel
The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good. — Jonathan Sacks
The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical style that needed… — Jon Landau
Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and thus reframing your… — Richard Rohr
Whatever brief delights it provides, mere strangeness in poetry and prose eventually leaves us cold, especially when we suspect the writer is stretching for effect… — Roger Rosenblatt
The mere toleration of the slave trade could not make slavery itself - the right of property in man - lawful any where; not even… — Lysander Spooner
Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the enjoyment of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort — Franklin D. Roosevelt
A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue. — Russian Proverb

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