Seldom Quotes

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It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself… — Walter Cronkite
Whether surrounded with error or truth, the web woven around them in childhood's days lasts, and seldom wears threadbare...The traditions of my earliest recollection are… — Brigham Young
Those who boast are seldom the great. — Jawaharlal Nehru
Man seldom questions the fact that ugliness and evil are to be found in the world. But he's never as ready to accept that life… — Leo Buscaglia
The state of society is one in which the members have suffered amputation from the trunk, and strut about so many walking monsters, - a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
You must work well with others and be loyal to your team. Disloyalty is the worst of all traits. I seldom use the words "You're… — Donald Trump
Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders… — Joan Lindsay
I believe there is a limit beyond which free speech cannot go, but it's a limit that's very seldom mentioned. It's the point where free… — H. L. Mencken
Although the Senate is much given to admiring in its members a superiority less obvious or quite invisible to outsiders, one Senator seldom proclaims his… — Henry Adams
Fish seem to be rather conservative around this bay, one seldom catches enough to form the fundamental basis for a lie. Dante left out one… — Thomas A. Edison
The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form… — Fanny Kemble
It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The premise… — Austin Farrer
One sin seldom mentioned is that of killing time. — Vera Nazarian
Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome… — Nuruddin Farah
As readers, we are seldom interested in the fine sentiments of a lesson learnt; we seldom care about the good manners of morals. Repentance puts… — Alberto Manguel
A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and… — Christian Nestell Bovee
It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying… — E. M. Forster
Somemenare bornkings; and someare bornstatesmen. The two are seldom the same. — George Bernard Shaw
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and Experience is his banker; but his drafts are seldom honoured, since there is often a heavy balance against… — Charles Caleb Colton
Hypocrites act by virtue.... They frame many counterfeits of her, with which they make an ostentatious parade, in all public assemblies, and processions; but the… — Charles Caleb Colton

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