Merely Quotes

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We believe that Carlyle has, after all, more readers, and is better known to-day for thisvery originality of style, and that posterity will have reason… — Henry David Thoreau
But we have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts; whereof I take this that you call love to be… — Shakespeare
In masturbation there is nothing but loss. There is no reciprocity. There is merely the spending away of a certain force, and no return. The… — David Herbert Lawrence
Surrealism is merely the reflection of the death process. It is one of the manifestations of a life becoming extinct, a virus which quickens the… — Henry Miller
In clear weather the laziest may look across the Bay as far as Plymouth at a glance, or over the Atlantic as far as human… — Henry David Thoreau
Take it for granted, when I am invited to lecture anywhere,for I have had a little experience in that business,that there is a desire to… — Henry David Thoreau
Justice is a moral virtue, merely because it has that tendency to the good of mankind, and indeed is nothing but an artificial invention to… — David Hume
The whole trajectory of my life has changed through the realization that life transcends self sustenance and the challenges we try to solve. It is… — Trinity Chasara
Love is the profoundest of secrets. Divulged, even to the beloved, it is no longer Love. As if it were merely I that loved you.… — Henry David Thoreau
It is impossible to enjoy idlingthoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do. There isno fun in doing nothing whenyou have nothing to do.… — Jerome K. Jerome
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways… — Vannevar Bush
It is pitiful when a man bears a name for convenience merely, who has earned neither name nor fame. — Henry David Thoreau
I Would Rather Risk My Heart To The Possibility Of Pain, Than To Never Feel Love Again. To Live Without Love Is Merely Existing. There's… — Pacifiersucker
They who have been bred in the school of politics fail nowand always to face the facts. Their measures are half measures and makeshifts merely.… — Henry David Thoreau
HUSBAND, A person who never really becomes good, he is merely more proficient. — Nikhil Saluja
I do not say that being ambitious or adventurous is wrong. One should take into account his or her family, environment, society, even the opinions… — T Joseph Benziger
Science, innovations and other means in which we desperately attempt to predict and control our existence are merely illusions to conceal our utter powerlessness in… — Tia Nnebo
SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIARRHEA OF THE MOUTH... STOP THINKING YOU ARE A RATTLE SNAKE, VIPER, COBRA, OR PYTHON... WHEN YOU ARE MERELY A GARDEN SNAKE. — Unknown Author
The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time.That is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and… — Charles Francis Adams II
Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty. They merely move it from their faces into their heart. — Martin Buxbaum

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