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Ought Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
- Whoever would do good in the world, ought not to deal in censure. We ought not to destroy, but rather construct.
- Toleration ought in reality to be merely a transitory mood. It must lead to recognition. To tolerate is to affront.
- If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be…
- The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
- Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
- Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and you help him become what he is capable of being
- One ought, every day at least,to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture,and, if it were possible, to speak a…
More Ought Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
- An FBI agent ought to be able to surf the net and look for sites that instruct people how to make bombs. — John Ashcroft
- The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. — Margaret Atwood
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are… — Jane Austen
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it… — Francis Bacon