Ought Quotes

2904 Ought quotes by 1598 unique authors

And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, Even all that the LORD hath commanded… — Bible
There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to be leglislation against it. — Unknown Author
An agreeable opinion is accepted as true: this is the proof by pleasure (or, as the church says, the proof by strength), that all religions… — Michel De Montaigne
A chaste woman ought not to dye her hair yellow — Menander Of Athens
Sir, my friend John Baynes used to say that the man who published a book without an index ought to be damned ten miles beyond… — Unknown Author
Many have imagined republics and principalities which have never been seen or known to exist in reality; for how we live is so far removed… — Niccolo Machiavelli
When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or ought to be… — C.S. Lewis
The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for us to attempt with bold curiosity to penetrate to the… — John Calvin
What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between them. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at… — Unknown Author
Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. — Samuel Goldwyn
An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do — Bertrand Russell
The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is imperfection... But this is the real question we ought to… — Rabindranath Tagore
The question Who ought to be boss? is like as Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing… — Henry Ford
A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite — George Washington
Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel, they… — Frank Medlicott
The sweetest and most inoffensive path of life leads through the avenues of science and learning; and whoever can either remove any obstruction in this… — David Hume
A man ought to carry himself in the world as an orange tree would if it could walk up and down in the garden, swinging… — Henry Ward Beecher
I was born in Alabama. I was raised in Georgia. I'm so Southern I'm related to myself. I have a 12-year-old daughter. She takes after… — Unknown Author
An open mind is all very well in its way, but it ought not to be so open that there is no keeping anything in… — Samuel Butler
It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where… — Jack Cade

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