Merely Quotes

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The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi
The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as small, trivial, flat, in two banal dimensions, drained of color.… — Joyce Carol Oates
Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth. — Alvar Aalto
... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but find… — Henry de Montherlant
Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of stones and bullets-if… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Sometimes it looks as if, the better off they [nations] become, the bigger do they conceive the gap between what is actually their lot and… — Gunnar Myrdal
While its [Harvard's] undergraduate life was still controlled [in 1908-1912] by a select group of rich and fashionable families whose sons merely arrived when they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin
Death is much simpler than birth; it is merely a continuation. Birth is the mystery, not death. — Stewart Edward White
Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life… — Kafu Nagai
When men are arrested without any legal basis and for political reasons, it's merely a routine, everyday occurrence in Russia, and hardly anyone has any… — Alexei Navalny
First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid… — William C. Brown
We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days...… — Alfred North Whitehead
Jew and Gentile are two worlds, between you Gentiles and us Jews there lies an unbridgeable gulf...There are two life forces in the world Jewish… — Maurice Samuel
No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the… — Christian Lous Lange
When preaching is done right, it can change lives. When it's done badly, my failure goes beyond the merely human. — John Ortberg
I grew up with Scientology - my parents at one point were clerical. It's a pragmatic philosophy, not merely a belief system. Yeah, it's had… — Giovanni Ribisi
The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain… — George Saunders
If you define evolution as merely meaning change over time, then I don't see any problem with a person being a Christian and believing in… — Lee Strobel
There swift return Diurnal, merely to officiate light Round this opacous earth, this punctual spot. — John Milton
Above and beyond drawing my creations, I try to incorporate some kind of message. I try not to end as merely a question but try… — Natsuki Takaya
My point is, if you want to achieve anything in life, it is not enough to merely wish for it. You must develop that kind… — Armstrong Williams
It's one of the things writing students don't understand. They write a first draft and are quite disappointed, or often should be disappointed. They don't… — Elizabeth Hardwick
These repetitive words and phrases are merely methods of convincing the subconscious mind. — Claude M. Bristol
Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder. — Paul J. Meyer
Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually… — Criss Jami

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