Merely Quotes

3319 Merely quotes by 1909 unique authors

Isn't hate merely the result of wounded love? — Amy Tan
You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to… — John Berryman
If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away. — Victor Hugo
There are friends with whom we share neither interests nor any particular experiences, friends with whom we never correspond, whom we seldom meet and then… — Stanislaw Lem
People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
When war is not just it is subsequently justified; so it becomes many things. In reality, an unjust war is merely piracy. It consists of… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
One reason we have children I think is to learn that parts of ourselves we had given up for dead are merely dormant and that… — Anne Fadiman
There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need… — Leo Buscaglia
I read the Bible and know little of its history, but the human beings who wrote it were instruments of Divine Power, and Jesus forged… — Paulo Coelho
Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of… — George Orwell
Goals incapable of attainment have driven many a man to despair, but despair is easier to get to than that -- one need merely look… — Donald Barthelme
Making love with a woman and sleeping with a woman are two separate passions, not merely different but opposite. Love does not make itself felt… — Milan Kundera
I am in limbo, and in limbo there are no races, no prizes, no changes, no chances. There are merely degrees of endurance, and endurance… — Keri Hulme
Since the branch of philosophy on which we are at present engaged differs from the others in not being a subject of merely intellectual interest… — Aristotle
The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness,… — Bertrand Russell
And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend upon it, a… — Jane Austen
What is written is merely the dregs of experience. — Franz Kafka
We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore… — Thomas Jefferson
It is not enough merely to win; others must lose. — Gore Vidal
The measure of happiness is merely the difference between expectations and outcomes. It is not concerned with what one possesses – it is concerned with… — Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Elrond's house was perfect, whether you liked food or sleep or story-telling or singing (or reading), or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant… — J.R.R. Tolkien
…They think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion, an escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another.… — Richard Matheson
Family not only need to consist of merely those whom we share blood, but also for those whom we'd give blood. — Charles Dickens
It is unconceivable that the whole Universe was merely created for us who live in this third-rate planet of a third-rate moon. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

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