Proper Quotes

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Proper treatment will cure a cold in seven days, but left to itself, a cold will hang on for a week. — Darrell Huff
We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And in heaven it… — Jules Renard
For if the proper study of mankind is man, it is evidently more sensible to occupy yourself with the coherent, substantial and significant creatures of… — W. Somerset Maugham
The family is an early expedient and in many ways irrational. If the race had developed a special sexless class to be nurses, pedagogues, and… — George Santayana
I shall write a book some day about the appropriateness of names. Geoffrey Chaucer has a ribald ring, as is proper and correct, and Alexander… — James Joyce
Truth is man's proper good, and the only immortal thing was given to our mortality to use. — Ben Jonson
The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim. — Oliver Goldsmith
Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place. — John Milton
In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of the… — James Madison
Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced,… — James Madison
It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States. — John Breaux
You can't sleep until noon with the proper elan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don't count). — Jean Kerr
I remember as a child reading or hearing the words 'The Great Divide' and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the… — John Steinbeck
The proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the insoluble problems in all their insolubility and then in simply contemplating them, fixedly and tirelessly,… — Simone Weil
I love key lime pie, although it's never made the proper way. — Paula Poundstone
It is proper to the role of the scientist that he not merely find new truth and communicate it to his fellows, but that he… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts… — Ayn Rand
Surrealism will usher you into death, which is a secret society. It will glove your hand, burying therein the profound M with which the word… — Andre Breton
I think copyright is moral, proper. I think a creator has the right to control the disposition of his or her works - I actually… — Esther Dyson
Flattery is a challenge. The proper turning away from it, undercutting, diminishing it without offense or vehemence, is a social grace sweeter even than the… — Elizabeth Hardwick

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