Seldom Quotes

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Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to… — Samuel Johnson
The Fates, like an absent-minded printer, seldom allow a single line to stand perfect and unmarred. — George Santayana
Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe… — Margot Asquith
Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless. — John Dryden
A third heir seldom enjoys what has been dishonestly acquired. — Juvenal
Perhaps we too seldom reflect how much the life of Nature is one with the life of man, how unimportant or indeed merely seeming, the… — Richard Le Gallienne
Good and quickly seldom meet. — George Herbert
Good workmen are seldom rich. — George Herbert
A woman seldom comes out of a sullen spell until she's sure her husband has suffered as much as she thinks he should. — William Feather
A man's acts are usually right, but his reasons seldom are. — Elbert Hubbard
The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to extort them. — John Stuart Mill
Rebels seldom make good revolutionaries, because organized action, even union with other people, is not possible for them. — Lillian Hellman
The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of… — Clarence Day
The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or… — Phyllis McGinley
The public seldom forgive twice. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The searcher's eye Not seldom finds more than he wished to find. — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
On the whole I prefer cats to women because cats seldom if ever use the word 'relationship'. — Kinky Friedman
Things which do not require effort of some sort are seldom worth having. — Ivor Novello
The Jews form a state, and, obeying their own laws, they evade those of their host country. the Jews always considered an oath regarding a… — Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly… — Anton Seidl

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