Obliged Quotes

420 Obliged quotes by 288 unique authors

Considerable obstacles generally present themselves to the beginner, in studying the elements of Solid Geometry, from the practice which has hitherto uniformly prevailed in this… — Augustus De Morgan
I have been trying all my life to like Scotchmen, and am obliged to desist from the experiment in despair. — Charles Lamb
And I shall always hold myself more obliged to those by whose favour I enjoy uninterrupted leisure than to any who might offer me the… — Rene Descartes
When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple… — Marilyn Hacker
We will freedom for freedomâ€™s sake, in and through particular circumstances. And in thus willing freedom, we discover that it depends entirely upon the freedom… — Jean-Paul Sartre
Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the 'closed door'… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
I was obliged to take tough, painful and bold decisions to ensure a manageable tomorrow. — Nicos Anastasiades
One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists. — Annalena McAfee
When the judges shall be obliged to go armed, it will be time for the courts to be closed. — Stephen Johnson Field
Even the Savior of the world, the Only Begotten Son of God, was obliged to come to earth and to take upon himself an earthly… — Alma P Burton
The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to the torture and is not obliged to speak… — Samuel Johnson
Sculptors are obliged to follow the manners of the painters, and to make many ample folds, which are unsufferable hardness, and more like a rock… — John Dryden
The general ideas which are expressed in sketches, correspond very well to the art often used in poetry... every reader making out the detail according… — Joshua Reynolds
If painters left nothing of themselves after their deaths, so that we were obliged to rank them as we do actors according to the judgment… — Eugene Delacroix
The artist, who must venture into the studio and risk there, and then venture into the marketplace and risk again, is obliged to learn how… — Eric Maisel
The international community must make pressure on Israel to recognize our right to get freedom, to fight against occupation, to have real peace, legitimacy on… — Khaled Mashal
Others will give away large alms in order to be considered charitable people. Should they not give these out of their own wages, which so… — John Vianney
A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The longer we live, the more we are obliged to confront the deeper meaning of what it is we do. — David Toop
Foolishness is indeed painful, and verily so is youth, but more painful by far than either is being obliged in another person's house. — Chanakya

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