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Seems Quotes by Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on us pride, to…
- Folly pursues us at all periods of our lives. If someone seems wise it is only because his follies are proportionate to his age and…
- On why I don't trust democracy without extremely powerful systems of accountability and recall What seems to be generosity is often only disguised ambition -…
- What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
- There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us…
- Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how…
More Seems Quotes
- I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not… — Kevyn Aucoin
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or… — Richard Armour
- It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced… — Neil Armstrong
- Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm not a movie guy, I'm not a TV sitcom guy, but whatever seems to fit and is funny is good for… — Dave Attell
- It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest… — David Attenborough
- There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me… — Chinua Achebe
- It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all. — Saint Augustine
- Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
- Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings. — Jane Austen
- Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight. — Diane Ackerman