Often Merely Quotes

16 quotes by 13 authors

• Fill an author with a titanic fame and you do not make him titanic; you often merely burst him. — Frank Moore Colby
• What is called liberality is often merely the vanity of giving. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• I know that it's easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will… — Robert Goolrick
• In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples in… — James F. Cooper
• Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to… — Octave Mirbeau
• Virtue is too often merely local. — Samuel Johnson
• I would not unduly praise the virtue of restraint. It is often merely temperamental. But it is not always a sign of coldness. It may… — Joseph Conrad
• The sicknesses of the soul have their ups and downs like those of the body; what we take to be a cure is most often… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• When we speak of God or achieving union with God, we are often merely trying to put that great thing into a small container. One… — Chogyam Trungpa
• A healthy appetite for righteousness, kept in due control by good manners, is an excellent thing; but to hunger and thirst after it is often… — C. D. Broad
• To consult the statistician after an experiment is finished is often merely to ask him to conduct a post mortem examination. He can perhaps say… — Ronald Fisher
• Nothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. It is often… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith… — Richard DeVos
• Firmness in decision is often merely a form of stupidity. It indicates an inability to think the same thing out twice. — H. L. Mencken
• It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. — Elizabeth Drew

Who Wrote These Often Merely Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 16 Often Merely Quotes as follows:

• 4 Often Merely Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Robert Goolrick
• 1 Often Merely Quote by James F. Cooper
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Octave Mirbeau
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Samuel Johnson
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Joseph Conrad
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Chogyam Trungpa
• 1 Often Merely Quote by C. D. Broad
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Ronald Fisher
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Richard DeVos
• 1 Often Merely Quote by H. L. Mencken
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Elizabeth Drew
• 1 Often Merely Quote by Frank Moore Colby