Merely Quotes

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Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the… — Henry Miller
As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards, then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge,… — David Mitchell
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders… — Moliere
A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them. — Michel de Montaigne
All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects. — George Edward Moore
The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be… — Edward R. Murrow
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the… — Jawaharlal Nehru
We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof… — Friedrich Nietzsche
'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it. — Meghan O'Rourke
If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real'… — Chuck Palahniuk
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them. — Norman Vincent Peale
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes. — Laurence J. Peter
Apparently, the most difficult feat for a Cambridge male is to accept a woman not merely as feeling, not merely as thinking, but as managing… — Sylvia Plath
I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably… — Ezra Pound
Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that makes it possible for the reader to discern what, without… — Marcel Proust
The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours. — Suzi Quatro
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the… — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and… — Tariq Ramadan
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. — Ramakrishna

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