Merely Quotes

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A great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre. — Vikas Swarup
Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do… — Gautama Buddha
Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side. — Gautama Buddha
A lawyer's relationship to justice and wisdom is on a par with a piano tuner's relationship to a concert. He neither composes the music, nor… — Lucille Kallen
That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting… — Lydia M. Child
Canadian-American relations for many years did not develop spontaneously. The example of accord provided by our two countries did not come about merely through the… — Harry S. Truman
Without craft, art remains private. Without art, craft is merely hackwork. — Joyce Carol Oates
The partisan strife in which the people of the country are permitted to periodically engage does not tend to the development of ugly traits of… — Ambrose Bierce
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious value with which… — Albert Schweitzer
No patriotism is genuine that is merely partisan or provincial. — William Rainey Harper
So, as one sees, I by no means deprive my world of stubborn reality, if I merely call it a world of ideas. — Josiah Royce
In our everyday garden grow the rosemary, juniper, ferns and plane trees, perfectly tangible and visible. For these plants that have an illusory relationship with… — Leo Lionni
Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel, they… — Frank Medlicott
Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning… — Paul Robeson
It is not enough merely to memorize and spout vocal axioms good singing is infinitely more than much talk and head-knowledge. — Jerome Hines
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. — Christopher Isherwood
Patriotism is merely a religion-love of country, worship of country, devotion to the country's flag and honor and welfare. — Mark Twain
If one's patriotism is merely instinctive it is irrational and irresponsible, and consequently a danger to one's country. — Unknown Author
Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation,… — Fred Edwords
In doing one's work primarily for God, the fear of undue restriction is put, sooner or later, out of the question. He pays me and… — Basil King

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