Seldom Quotes

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Churchmen are quick to defend religious freedom; lawyers were never so universally aroused as by President Roosevelt's Court bill; newspapers are most alert to civil… — Earl Warren
I seldom think when I take a picture. My eyes and fingers react - click. But first, it's most important to decide on the angle… — Alfred Eisenstaedt
How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains, and… — Benjamin Disraeli
When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime. — Josh Billings
A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without… — Jean de la Bruyere
To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman. — Jerry Kramer
We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like. — Mignon McLaughlin
The neurotic lies awake at night, composing letters to those he hates. He seldom thinks of dropping a line to those he loves. — Mignon McLaughlin
Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves. — Mignon McLaughlin
The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection… — Samuel Johnson
We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold. — Walter Scott
There is a slow-growing beauty which only comes to perfection in old age.... I have seen sweeter smiles on a lip of seventy than I… — Alexander Smith
We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But… — Arnold J. Toynbee
Pull yourself together' is seldom said to anyone who can. — Mignon McLaughlin
While it is undeniably true that people love a surprise, it is equally true that they are seldom pleased to suddenly and without warning happen… — Fran Lebowitz
We think-although of course, now, we very seldom Clearly think- That the other side of War is Peace. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
It is but seldom that any one overt act produces hostilities between two nations; there exists, more commonly, a previous jealousy and ill will, a… — Washington Irving
Men seldom take the opinion of their equal, or of a man like themselves, upon trust. — Alexis de Tocqueville

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