Scarcely Quotes

384 Scarcely quotes by 278 unique authors

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread. — Thomas Jefferson
The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes. These covering our land with officers, and opening… — Thomas Jefferson
I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the Whites. There scarcely ever was a civilization of their complexion, nor even… — David Hume
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody. — Baltasar Gracian
One thing which makes us find so few people who appear reasonable and agreeable in conversation is, that there is scarcely any one who does… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I believe a person of any fine feeling scarcely ever sees a new face without a sensation akin to a shock, for the reason that… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. — Mary Wortley Montagu
General Reynolds immediately found himself engaged with a force which greatly outnumbered his own, and had scarcely made his dispositions for the action when he… — Edward Everett
Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies To listen to Earth’s weary voices… — Adelaide Anne Procter
There is scarcely any man sufficiently clever to appreciate all the evil he does. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The essence of the expert is that his field shall be very special and narrow: one of the ways in which he inspires confidence is… — Louis Kronenberger
There was scarcely a woman alive, it seemed, who could resist the urge to haul men down onto beds, car seats, kitchen floors, dining-room tables,… — Russell Baker
I will not adopt that ungenerous and impolitic custom so common with novel writers, of degrading by their contemptuous censure the very performances, to the… — Jane Austen
In the desert, an old monk had once advised a traveler, the voices of God and the Devil are scarcely distinguishable. — Loren Eiseley
It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend a meeting where the only attraction is God — Aiden Wilson Tozer
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew… — Lord Byron
We should scarcely desire things ardently if we were perfectly acquainted with what we desire. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God. — John Calvin
The belief of immortality is impressed upon all men, and all men act under an impression of it, however they may talk, and though, perhaps,… — Samuel Johnson
The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the past as was the necessity, which Americans faced, of… — James A. Baldwin
For them it's out-of-date and outmoded to perform miracles; teaching the people is too like hard work, interpreting the holy scriptures is for schoolmen and… — Desiderius Erasmus
The best school in the world will scarcely save a boy who hates the school and the purpose it serves and the society that created… — Gilbert Highet
Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate debate between God,… — Henri Frederic Amiel
It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all. — Isaac Barrow
What we now call school training, the pursuit of fixed studies at stated hours under the constant guidance of a teacher, I could scarcely be… — Simon Newcomb

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