Ought Quotes

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Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame… — Blaise Pascal
To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought,… — William Cobbett
Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. — Thomas Malthus
We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live in conformity with… — Aristotle
Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows,… — Hippocrates
Does housekeeping interest you at all? I think it really ought to be just as good as writing and I never see where the separation… — Virginia Woolf
There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least. — Frank Moore Colby
The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it's not fun, you're… — Tom Peters
Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought… — Woodrow Wilson
When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we ought rather to… — Charles Caleb Colton
We ought not to extract pernicious honey from poison blossoms of misrepresentation and mendacious half-truth, to pamper the course appetite of bigotry and self-love. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I hate a woman who offers herself because she ought to do so, and cold and dry thinks of her sewing when making love. — Unknown Author
We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a… — Charles Caleb Colton
He has inhibited discussion by designating admonition as the method of dealing with a heretic- and the first method, too, because he is not a… — Tertullian
[The papists] ought to have sympathy with us weak, poor Christians, and not condemn us or make fun of us because we are learning so… — Martin Luther
He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages. — Mark Twain
I can't turn around without hearing about some 'civil rights advance'! White people seem to think the black ought to be shouting 'hallelujah'! Four hundred… — Malcolm X
The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares for the farmers'… — Malcolm X
Surely the ass who invented the first religion ought to be the first ass damned — Mark Twain
I have often expressed my sentiments, that every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions,… — George Washington

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