Obscurity Quotes

193 Obscurity quotes by 167 unique authors

Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care… — Plutarch
Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity. — Unknown Author
And all these questions I ask myself. It is not in a spirit of curiosity. I cannot be silent. About myself I need know nothing.… — Samuel Beckett
For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are… — John Calvin
The theory of interest was wrapped in utter obscurity, until Hume and Smith dispelled the vapor. — Jean-Baptiste Say
The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear… — Thomas Merton
Permit us to labor on in obscurity, and at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again. — Adoniram Judson
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to… — Robert Emmet
The problem for most artists isn't piracy, it's obscurity. — Tim O'Reilly
Genius is often a short way of spelling hard work. Poverty, obscurity, struggle and ambition formed the foundation for many careers of transcendent achievement. Few… — B. C. Forbes
Moreover, the sciences are monuments devoted to the public good; each citizen owes to them a tribute proportional to his talents. While the great men,… — Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
Obscurity is a bigger problem for authors than piracy. — Tim O'Reilly
The big problem isnâ€™t piracy, itâ€™s obscurity. — Cory Doctorow
There cannot be a language more universal and more simple, more free from errors and obscurities...more worthy to express the invariable relations of all natural… — Joseph Fourier
You have to demand things and believe you're worth more. And once you do demand them, you're usually going to get them. The players who… — Sue Wicks
No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe. — William Kingdon Clifford
The production of obscurity in Paris compares to the production of motor cars in Detroit in the great period of American industry. — Ernest Gellner
I was by birth a gentleman, living neither in any considerable height nor yet in obscurity. — Oliver Cromwell
Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like the roar of… — Khalil Gibran
The mystery of the universe, and the meaning of God's world, are shrouded in hopeless obscurity, until we learn to feel that all laws suppose… — Alexander MacLaren

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