One Cannot Quotes

515 quotes by 387 authors

One can translate an editorial but not a poem. For one can go across the border naked but not without one's skin; for, unlike clothes,… — Karl Kraus
Personal liberty without economic liberty is an absolute contradiction; the one cannot exist without the other. — William E. Simon
One cannot but mistrust a prospect of felicity: one must enjoy it before one can believe in it. — Moliere
One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length of time without… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
One cannot govern with 'buts'. — Charles de Gaulle
Many a one cannot loosen his own fetters, but is nevertheless his friend's emancipator. — Friedrich Nietzsche
If one talks to more than four people, it is an audience; and one cannot really think or exchange thoughts with an audience. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in… — Edvard Munch
Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not. — Euripides
If one does not understand the usefulness of the useless and the uselessness of the useful, one cannot understand art. — Eugene Ionesco
One cannot balance tragedy in the scales Unless one weighs it with the tragic heart. — Stephen Vincent Benet
One cannot rest except after steady practice. — George Ade
If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave. — Muhammad Iqbal
In a general way, if one cannot attribute to the Jew the whole responsibility of the situation, economic, political, and social, by which Algeria is… — Chuck Hagel
The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness. How hard… — Ramakrishna
One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people… — George Meany
One cannot help the evil thoughts that come, but it is the thoughts we cultivate that make the difference between good or evil. We don't… — Vance Havner
Children, pray for the good of everyone. We should pray to God to give a good mind even to those who harm us. One cannot… — Mata Amritanandamayi
If the human species, or indeed any part of the biosphere, is to continue to survive, it must eventually leave the Earth and colonize space.… — Frank J. Tipler
What is the use of acquiring one's heart's desire if one cannot handle and gloat over it, show it to one's friends, and gather an… — Dorothy L. Sayers

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