Oblique Quotes

25 quotes by 25 authors

Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all… — Tryon Edwards
What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds.… — Berthold Auerbach
There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering. — Minna Antrim
This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest. But Philolaus the… — Plutarch
As lines, so loves oblique, may well Themselves in every angle greet; But ours, so truly parallel, Though infinite, can never meet. — Andrew Marvell
The circling horse was an oblique warning that i would repeat the same mistake eternally. Would the law of averages allow it? Can anything continue… — Pete Townshend
All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare. — Samuel Johnson
A poem needs disguises. It needs secrets. It thrives on the tension between what is said and not said; it prefers the oblique, the implied,… — J. D. McClatchy
Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account of its oblique position under… — Eugene Delacroix
Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the public… — William Davenant
The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart. — John Grierson
I'm not a person who writes really abstract things with oblique references. I look at abstraction like I look at condiments. Give me some Tabasco… — Wynton Marsalis
Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come… — Evelyn Waugh
That sinuous southern life, that oblique and slow and complicated old beauty, that warm thick air and blood warm sea, that place of mists and… — Anne Rivers Siddons
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the… — James A. Baldwin
Your soul knows the geography of your destiny. Your soul alone has the map of your future, therefore you can trust this indirect, oblique side… — John O'Donohue
Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or your past. Be… — Anne Lamott
Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors… — Fulton J. Sheen
An oblique angle,â€ Jack said, and his bout of jealousy was quickly replaced with glee. â€œHa! I told you I would work that in! — Amanda Hocking
Sometimes, waking early before the others, wandering the rooms wrapped in a blanket or drinking my tea in the empty kitchen, I had that most… — Nicole Krauss

Who Wrote These Oblique Quotes

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