Observes Quotes

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Every man who observes vigilantly, and resolves steadfastly, grows unconsciously into genius. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
If the man who observes the myriad stars, and considers that they and their innumerable satellites move in their serene dignity through the heavens, each… — Arthur Conan Doyle
One cannot avoid a certain feeling of disgust, when one observes the actions of man displayed on the great stage of the world. Wisdom is… — Immanuel Kant
The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. — Berenice Abbott
A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves… — Confucius
My brethren, let me say, be like Christ at all times. Imitate him in "public." Most of us live in some sort of public capacity-many… — Charles Spurgeon
From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, ... still reigns. Faith is… — Arthur W. Pink
Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe. — Gautama Buddha
There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows… — Alexander Graham Bell
This passion, so unordered and yet so potent, explains the capacity for teaching that one frequently observes in scientific men of high attainments in their… — H. L. Mencken
One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind. — Thomas Harris
Translation is always a treason, and as a Ming author observes, can at its best be only the reverse side of a brocade- all the… — Okakura Kakuzo
Millar Burrows of Yale observes: 'Archeology has in many cases refuted the views of modern critics. It has shown in a number of instances that… — Millar Burrows
There are certain fixed rules that one observes for one's own comfort. For instance, never be flippantly rude to any inoffensive grey-bearded stranger that you… — Hector Hugh Munro
I hold that gentleman to be the best-dressed whose dress no one observes. — Anthony Trollope
Mere negation, mere Epicurean infidelity, as Lord Bacon most justly observes, has never disturbed the peace of the world. It furnishes no motive for action;… — Thomas B. Macaulay
Some people giving orders and others obeying them: this is the essence of servitude. Of course, as Hospers smugly observes, "one can at least change… — Bob Black
Man no longer dreams over a book in which a soft voice, a constant companion, observes, exhorts, or sighs with him through the pangs of… — Loren Eiseley

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