Scarcely Ever Quotes

21 Scarcely Ever quotes by 18 unique authors

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added,… — Samuel Johnson
A genius has perhaps scarcely ever appeared amongst the negroes, and the standard of their morality is almost universally so low that it is beginning… — Otto Weininger
Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor. — George Washington
The means by which I preserve my own health are, temperance, early rising, and spunging the body every morning with cold water, a practice I… — Astley Cooper
Were the judgments of mankind correct, custom would be regulated by the good. But it is often far otherwise in point of fact; for, whatever… — John Calvin
The Germans are like women, you can scarcely ever fathom their depths - they haven't any. — Friedrich Nietzsche
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
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
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
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
True humility scarcely ever utters words of humility. — Saint Francis de Sales
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art. — Baltasar Gracian
Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. — Denis Diderot
The labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind. — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
But I was right. I think that must be an hereditary quality, for my father says he is scarcely ever wrong. — Elizabeth Gaskell
It taught me to hope," said he, "as I had scarcely ever allowed myself to hope before." Mr. Darcy - Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in what they called… — Jane Austen
There's nothing so strong as rage, except what makes you hold it in—that's stronger. It's a good thing not to answer your enemies. I scarcely… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it. — Barton Gellman

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