Plain Quotes

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Mr. Scott Fitzgerald deserves a good shaking. Here is an unmistakable talent unashamed of making itself a motley to the view. The Great Gatsby is… — Leslie Poles Hartley
I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training. — Bebe
The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
Although Salinger had long since cut me out of his life completely and made it plain that he had nothing but contempt for me, the… — Joyce Maynard
For there have risen many who have given to the plain words of Holy Writ some arbitrary interpretation of their own, instead of its true… — Hilary of Poitiers
[Banning marriage equality is] discrimination, plain and simple. It's really not about votes. It's about people. I think it's the right thing to do as… — Jay-Z
This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction, and, as far as I can see, those to whom it was first delivered… — James Gilmour
If in the sight of God you cannot say you are sure that you have a special call to stay at home, why are you… — Hudson Taylor
This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction; so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is… — James Gilmour
That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, the happy highways where I went and cannot come again. — A. E. Housman
Every young woman should dress well, that is, neatly, tastefully, modestly, whether she be rich or poor. Conspicuous dressing is vulgar. True refinement avoids anything… — J.R. Miller
Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only… — John of the Cross
. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of… — Laozi
Some good, some so-so, and lots plain bad: that's how a book of poems is made, my Friend. — Martial
I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, that no honest love could come to me. — Elizabeth Proctor
The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you. — Aidan Chambers
Recognize joy when it arrives in the plain brown wrappings of everyday life. — Judith Viorst
In business, there are times when you disagree, and sometimes it turns out that you're just plain wrong. Humor takes away tension and helps you… — Craig Newmark
Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure… — William Wordsworth
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are of… — Ambrose Bierce

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