Seldom Quotes

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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase… — Fanny Burney
I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. — John Burroughs
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. — Samuel Butler
I am relatively sure, from conversations that I had with former president Bill Clinton, that George Bush seldom called upon him for advice. — Tony Campolo
Religion, for better or for worse, has been politicized in blatant ways that have seldom been equaled in American elections. — Tony Campolo
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. — Truman Capote
Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. — Thomas Carlyle
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but… — Dale Carnegie
She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). — Lewis Carroll
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such… — Giacomo Casanova
It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow. — Miguel de Cervantes
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. — Lord Chesterfield
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be… — Lord Chesterfield
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. — Lord Chesterfield
Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face. — Jacques Chirac
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses. — Shirley Chisholm
Great and good are seldom the same man. — Winston Churchill
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted… — Maya Angelou
I'm seldom right, but I'm never in doubt. — Gene Stallings
Great inventions are never, and great discoveries are seldom, the work of any one mind. Every great invention is really an aggregation of minor inventions,… — Robert Henry Thurston

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