Plain Quotes

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There is ever the prior question of plain duty, with which nothing else, however tempting or promising of success, can come into conflict; and such… — Alfred Edersheim
Not only am I better looking.. I'm just plain better. — Randy Orton
If we have plain old ordinary fear then we are within reach of a solution. Fear has been with humankind for millennia and we do… — Julia Cameron
In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit! — Bridgit Mendler
Certainly on the vast windy plain, there was plenty of nothing to be looked at. — Larry McMurtry
Do not lose heart. We were made for these times.....For years we have been learning, practicing, been in training for...and just waiting to meet on… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
We Americans understand freedom; we have earned it, we have lived for it, and we have died for it. This nation and its people are… — Barry Goldwater
No Senses stronger than his brain can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly: What… — Alexander Pope
There is a reason the Democrats have had only two Presidents since 1968 and have managed to lose control of both houses of Congress in… — Pat Sajak
The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
To avoid the hard necessity of either obeying or rejecting the plain instructions of our Lord in the New Testament we take refuge in a… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Do but take care to express yourself in a plain, easy Manner, in well-chosen, significant and decent Terms, and to give a harmonious and pleasing… — Miguel de Cervantes
One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
On the other hand, if people are made safer, more efficient, more comfortable â€“ or just plain happier â€“ by contact with the product, then… — Henry Dreyfuss
His bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The Western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. — Luigi Pulci
When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tis not the many oaths that make the truth; But the plain single vow, that is vow'd true. — William Shakespeare
It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite. — Saul Bellow
It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken. — Gertrude Stein
Surely it must be plain that an ingenious man could speculate without end on both sides, and find analogies for all his dreams. Nor does… — Thomas Huxley

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