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Object Quotes by William Hazlitt
- A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means.
- A woman's vanity is interested in making the object of her choice the god of her idolatry.
- The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul,…
- The poetical impression of any object is that uneasy, exquisite sense of beauty or power that cannot be contained within itself; that is impatient of…
- What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know…
- People try to reconcile you to a disappointment in love by asking why you should cherish a passion for an object that has proved itself…
- Those who object to wit are envious of it.
More Object Quotes
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks… — Marcus Aurelius
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely… — Honore de Balzac
- The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley
- To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. — Simone de Beauvoir