Merely Quotes

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Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. — Thomas Aquinas
Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it… — Hippocrates
It is a good sign in a nation when things are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And it is… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay, a difference of creed unites men - so long as it is a clear… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person. The person merely… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Merely presenting a driver's license or other document based on a birth certificate is not enough for an accurate verification. Biometric verification of identity must… — Bob Dole
Sixty percent of our immigrants are admitted merely because they have relatives here. Many of these people are not immediate relative, but are part of… — Ronald Reagan
I try and make it to the word exactly what I said four years ago and what I said was that those who've come here… — Mitt Romney
Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends. — Norman Douglas
A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, his is also one who is permanently disappointed in the future. — Sydney J. Harris
When you start off by telling those who disagree with you that they are not merely in error but in sin, how much of a… — Thomas Sowell
Malthus argued a century and a half ago that man, by using up all his available resources, would forever press on the limits of subsistence,… — John F. Kennedy
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious… — Alan Armstrong
We will not regard any great power as necessarily right in a given dispute unless we are convinced of this, yet at the same time… — Errol Barrow
The proposition that the meek (that is the adaptable and serviceable), inherit the earth is not merely a wishful sentiment of religion, but an iron… — Kenneth E. Boulding
That one must do some work seriously and must be independent and not merely amuse oneself in life-this our mother [Marie Curie] has told us… — Irene Joliot-Curie
The first precept in Buddhism is "Do not kill." This precept is not merely a legalistic prohibition, but a realization of our affinity with all… — Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
(When asked merely if they accept evolution, 45 percent of Americans say yes. The figure is 70 percent in China.) When the movie Jurassic Park… — Carl Sagan

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