Seldom Quotes

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We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand. — Lady Randolph Churchill
That which begins not with prayer, seldom winds up with comfort. — John Flavel
I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance. — Babe Paley
Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised… — Teresa of Avila
We can offer up much in the large, but to make sacrifices in little things is what we are seldom equal to. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a… — Samuel Johnson
We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The self taught man seldom knows anything accurately, and he does not know a tenth as much as he could have known if he had… — Mark Twain
If you conduct yourself as though you expect to be successful and happy, you will seldom be disappointed. — Brian Tracy
People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of… — Bernard de Mandeville
Ignorance seldom vaults into knowledge... — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the… — Wendell Berry
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. — Samuel Johnson
There is seemingly so little love shared in this world, it is not surprising that we ask, "Where have all the lovers gone?" Since love… — Leo Buscaglia
People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. — Milton A. Lee
When you fall in love with golf, you seldom fall easy. ItÊ¹s obsession at first sight. — Thomas Boswell
The Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life...The Bible...should be read in our schools in preference to… — Benjamin Rush
Trials make room for consolation. There is nothing that makes man have a big heart like a great trial. I have found that those people… — Charles Spurgeon
Pity a thing often avowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. — Charles Caleb Colton
It is seldom that the miserable of the world can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable. — George Eliot

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