Scanty Quotes

17 quotes by 16 authors

To constrain the brute force of the people, the European governments deem it necessary to keep them down by hard labor, poverty and ignorance, and… — Thomas Jefferson
Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have… — Robert E. Lee
The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are… — Washington Irving
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
The provisions of Christ's gospel appear mean and scanty to the world, yet they satisfy all that feed on him in their hearts by faith… — Matthew Henry
The opening of a foreign trade, by making them acquainted with new objects, or tempting them by the easier acquisition of things which they had… — John Stuart Mill
The use of thesis-writing is to train the mind, or to prove that the mind has been trained; the former purpose is, I trust, promoted,… — Clifford Allbutt
The dreariest spot in all the land to Death they set apart; with scanty grace from Nature's hand, and none from that of Art. — John Greenleaf Whittier
The trees are Indian Princes, But soon they'll turn to Ghosts; The scanty pears and apples Hang russet on the bough; Its Autumn, Autumn, Autumn… — William Allingham
How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of the inner world,… — Franz Kafka
The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull… — Thomas Paine
Most persons have but a very moderate capacity of happiness. Expecting...in marriage a far greater degree of happiness than they commonly find, and knowing not… — John Stuart Mill
I bargained with Life for a penny, and Life would pay no more. However I begged at the evening when I counted my scanty store.… — Unknown Author
I learned about Chinese ceramics and African sculptures, I aired my scanty knowledge of the French Impressionists, and I prospered. — Bruce Chatwin
Research into endometriosis is as scanty as funding. — Rose George
The Legislature of Lower Canada, consisting chiefly of Roman Catholics, could hardly be expected to support a church which they were taught to consider heretical,… — John Strachan
Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I… — Franz Liszt

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