Merely Quotes

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There is no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do. Wasting time is merely an occupation then, and a most exhausting one. — Jerome K. Jerome
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy — Immanuel Kant
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well. — Martial
You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not… — Leopold von Ranke
History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it. — Theodor Adorno
History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised yet again. — Kurt Vonnegut
History is either a moral argument with lessons for the here-and-now, or it is merely an accumulation of pointless facts. — Andrew Marr
Journalism is merely history's first draft. — Geoffrey Ward
Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. — William Faulkner
Humor, to be comprehensible to anybody, must be built upon a foundation with which he is familiar. If he can't see the foundation the superstructure… — Mark Twain
Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn. — Irvin S. Cobb
The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To… — Albert Einstein
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject:… — Jacques Barzun
A modern theory of knowledge which takes account of the relational as distinct from the merely relative character of all historical knowledge must start with… — Karl Mannheim
Our aim in education is to give a full life. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. Life should be… — Charlotte Mason
Education itself is a putting off, a postponement; we are told to work hard to get good results. Why? So we can get a good… — Tom Hodgkinson
We live merely on the crust or rind of things. — James Anthony Froude
We know enough of our own history by now to be aware that people exploit what they have merely concluded to be of value, but… — Wendell Berry
If you say that this is absurd, that we cannot be in love with everyone at once, I merely point out to you that, as… — William James
Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever… — Oscar Wilde

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