One Ought Quotes

64 quotes by 50 authors

No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it… — George Boole
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double… — Winston Churchill
What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The reply is, that one ought to be both feared and loved, but as it is difficult for the two to go together, it is… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. — Felix Frankfurter
There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read. — H. L. Mencken
A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's pen. — Leo Tolstoy
One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The concept that one ought to restrict one's political involvement to one's own state was deeply antithetical to those who were pursuing the accumulation of… — Immanuel Wallerstein
One ought to be just before one is generous — Winston Churchill
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day. — Jean Rostand
To manage men one ought to have a sharp mind in a velvet sheath. — George Eliot
One ought not to encourage beggars, and yes, you are right, it is far better to donate to charities that address the causes of poverty… — Mohsin Hamid
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie — Pierre Corneille
One ought not to be unkind to a woman merely on account of her plainness, any more than one had a right to take liberties… — Murasaki Shikibu
It is wrong to say: I think. One ought to say: I am thought. I is someone else. — Arthur Rimbaud
Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how. — G. H. Hardy
Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to… — Alan Watts
The strength to kill is not essential for self-defence; one ought to have the strength to die. — Mahatma Gandhi

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