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Ought Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
- We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our…
- The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to…
- All violation of established practice implies in its own nature a rejection of the common opinion, a defiance of common censure, and an appeal from…
- Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be grateful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
- But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite…
- As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The…
- To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the…
- A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where…
- We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than…
- A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
- Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something…
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to…
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to…
- The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.
More Ought Quotes
- 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
- Smarmy little prig,†Will snarled, leaning father forward, as if he longed to reach through the magical portal and strangle Gabriel. “When… — Cassandra Clare
- If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of… — Mark Twain
- 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
- 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
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage