Only Quotes
64834 quotes by 20267 authors
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects…
— Joseph Addison
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Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.
— Martha Beck
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
— Joseph Addison
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Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with the remotest accuracy.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help…
— Martha Beck
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All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is…
— Ulrich Beck
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Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying something with substance, something that…
— William Bernbach
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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.
— Gary Becker
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
— Joseph Addison
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It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad,…
— Samuel Beckett
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Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's…
— David Beckham
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I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!
— Victoria Beckham
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on…
— Victoria Beckham
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I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?
— Kate Beckinsale
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I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.
— Kate Beckinsale
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.
— Joseph Addison
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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