Occasioned Quotes

32 quotes by 28 authors

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down. — Hector Berlioz
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. — Pliny the Elder
The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty power of population,… — Thomas Malthus
I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that… — Louis XVI of France
The redundant population, necessarily occasioned by the prevalence of early marriages, must be repressed by occasional famines, and by the custom of exposing children, which,… — Thomas Malthus
The devotion of thought to an honest achievement makes the achievement possible. Exceptions only confirm this rule, proving that failure is occasioned by a too… — Mary Baker Eddy
That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It… — Benjamin Disraeli
Here lies interred in the eternity of the past, from whence there is no resurrection for the days - whatever there may be for the… — Lord Byron
The attitude of unhappiness is not only painful, it is mean and ugly. What can be more base and unworthy than the pining, puling, mumping… — William James
Dreams are nothing but incoherent ideas, occasioned by partial or imperfect sleep. — Benjamin Rush
The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety. — Osbert Lancaster
I have been whipped, as the saying is, but I am sure I can recover all the lost capital occasioned by that disaster; by only… — John Brown
I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men. — Clement Freud
Since the State thrives on what it expropriates, the general decline in production that it induces by its avarice foretells its own doom. Its source… — Frank Chodorov
My refusing to eat meat occasioned inconveniency, and I have been frequently chided for my singularity. But my light repast allows for greater progress, for… — Benjamin Franklin
My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity. — Benjamin Franklin
Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of… — Plato
..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts,… — George Washington
For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed… — Samuel Johnson
...I couldn't but surmise that the devil, looking at the cruel wars that Christianity has occasioned, the persecutions, the tortures Christian has inflicted on Christian,… — W. Somerset Maugham

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