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3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for… — Leo Tolstoy
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. — Harry S. Truman
If men do not keep on speaking terms with children, they cease to be men, and become merely machines for eating and for earning money. — John Updike
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. — Mark Twain
The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice. — Mark Twain
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. — Mark Twain
The Public is merely a multiplied 'me.' — Mark Twain
Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give… — Samuel Ullman
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there… — Peter Ustinov
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. — Paul Valery
To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects. — Raoul Vaneigem
I was told to challenge every spiritual teacher, every world leader to utter the one sentence that no religion, no political party, and no nation… — Neale Donald Walsch
My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world.… — Andrew Weil
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. — Simone Weil
The memory, experiencing and re-experiencing, has such power over one's mere personal life, that one has merely lived. — Rebecca West
Ministers of God's choosing are engaged in a great work. They are warring not merely against men, but Satan and his angels. — Ellen G. White
God requires his people to shine as lights in the world. It is not merely the ministers who are required to do this, but every… — Ellen G. White
Sisters, when about their work, should not put on clothing which would make them look like images to frighten the crows from the corn. It… — Ellen G. White
Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected. — Oscar Wilde
I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. — Oscar Wilde
Likewise today, some Christians are content to merely exist until they die. They don't want to risk anything, to believe God, to grow or mature.… — David Wilkerson
The euro currency both presupposes and promotes a fiction - that 'Europe' has somehow become, against the wishes of most Europeans, a political rather than… — George Will
Philadelphia merely seems dull because it's next to exciting Camden, New Jersey. — Robert Anton Wilson
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision,… — Woodrow Wilson
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude. — Oprah Winfrey

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