Resembles Quotes

181 quotes by 152 authors

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. — Baltasar Gracian
The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as a… — Martin Van Creveld
Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his… — Aldous Huxley
I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though. — Jeremy Lin
Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. — Michelangelo
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love. — Michel de Montaigne
There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence… — P.J. O'Rourke
Art has two constant, two unending concerns: It always meditates on death and thus always creates life. All great, genuine art resembles and continues the… — Boris Pasternak
Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology. — Karl Popper
If we judge love by most of its effects, it resembles rather hatred than affection. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
If we are to judge of love by its consequences, it more nearly resembles hatred than friendship. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life. — George Sand
The noise resembles the roar of heavy, distant surf. Standing on the stirring ice one can imagine it is disturbed by the breathing and tossing… — Ernest Shackleton
I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob… — Arthur Smith
Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between… — Sydney Smith
This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us,… — Voltaire
I think that wealthy white people would like to have a country that resembles the Fifties, when all the minorities were tucked away in ghettos… — Alice Walker
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break. — Robert Anton Wilson
One describes a tale best by telling the tale. You see? The way one describes a story, to oneself or to the world, is by… — Neil Gaiman
The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a… — Oliver Goldsmith

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