Merely Quotes

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Do not write merely to be understood. Write so you cannot possibly be misunderstood. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of… — Isaac Asimov
Only self-educated is educated. Others are merely taught. — Erno Paasilinna
I can speak of my own criterion for judging whether or not a book is good or bad. I ask of it a single question,… — Lawrence Clark Powell
Even in dialogue, your own style rules your selection. Do not give yourself a blank check of this kind: 'I'll merely reproduce what I think… — Ayn Rand
If a publisher declines your manuscript, remember it is merely the decision of one fallible human being, and try another. — Unknown Author
Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love and loyalty. They depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an… — Erica Jong
The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,… — Benjamin Franklin
In the Soviets' view, chess was not merely an art or a science or even a sport; it was what it had been invented to… — Pal Benko
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who are following photography for the… — Alfred Stieglitz
A photograph is not merely a substitute for a glance. It is a sharpened vision. It is the revelation of new and important facts. — Sid Grossman
No form of nature is inferior to art; for the arts merely imitate natural forms. - Variant: There is no nature which is inferior to… — Marcus Aurelius
What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and… — Mahatma Gandhi
We are not naÃ¯ve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their… — Jean Rostand
[the difference between the old and the new education being] in a word, the old was a kind of propagation-men transmitting manhood to men; the… — C.S. Lewis
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... In fact, violence merely… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I have but shadowed forth my intense longing to lose myself in the Eternal and become merely a lump of clay in the Potter's divine… — Mahatma Gandhi
We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus… — Mahatma Gandhi
Fundamentalists tell us to fear the specter of special rights for gay citizens, though of course gay Americans aren't after special rights - merely equal… — Sean Faircloth
Literature should not be suppressed merely because it offends the moral code of the censor. — William O. Douglas

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