Nay Quotes

235 Nay quotes by 168 unique authors

Virulence appears in a new light which cannot but be alarming to humanity; unless nature, in her evolution down the ages (an evolution which, as… — Louis Pasteur
Money is time. With money I buy for cheerful use the hours which otherwise would not in any sense be mine; nay, which would make… — George Gissing
The contemporary rejection of natural right leads to nihilism — nay, it is identical with nihilism, — Leo Strauss
No man can survey himself without forthwith turning his thoughts towards the God in whom he lives and moves; because it is perfectly obvious, that… — John Calvin
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual… — John Owen
Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reasonThe law, which is perfection of reason. — Edward Coke
In a modern democracy, not only can a libertarian be elitist; a libertarian has to be elitist. To be a libertarian in a modern democracy… — Bryan Caplan
The daemonic-divine object may appear to the mind an object of horror and dread, but at the same time it is no less something that… — Rudolf Otto
She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise. — Mary Mapes Dodge
Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies. — Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Society, to be sure, does not like this very well; it saith, Whoso goes to walk alone, accuses the whole world; he declares all to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now,… — Francis Pharcellus Church
If humankind - from humble farmers in the fields and toiling workers in the cities to teachers, people of independent means, those who have reached… — Camille Flammarion
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half… — Lord Chesterfield
We are with Europe but not of it. We are linked, not combined. We are interested and associated, not absorbed. And should European statesmen address… — Winston Churchill
The Hall was the place where the great lord used to eat . . . He ate not in private, except in time of sickness… — John Selden
May the things of this world so lose their power over us that we do not in the slightest wish to be 'worldly'; nay, we… — Watchman Nee
Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate. — Samuel Johnson
We have seen that our vigour, our strength, nay, our national life is in our religion. — Swami Vivekananda
Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good. — Jeremy Bentham
The mountain is not something eternally sublime; it has a great historic and spiritual meaning to us. It stands for us as the ladder of… — Jan Smuts
For until men recognize that they owe everything to God, that they are nourished by His fatherly care, that He is the Author of their… — John Calvin
I have never seen either a drop of piety or a grain of truth or ingenuousness - nay, I have never found common sense in… — John Calvin
I did not learn my theology all at once, but had to search constantly deeper and deeper for it. My temptations did that for me,… — Martin Luther
If the lives of men were relieved of all need, hardship and adversity; if everything they took in hand were successful, they would be so… — Arthur Schopenhauer

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