Seldom Quotes

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The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a… — Wynton Marsalis
The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination. — Bryant H. McGill
The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice… — Bryant H. McGill
My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did. — Phil McGraw
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. — H. L. Mencken
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel… — H. L. Mencken
There are a lot of 'chicken Christians.' Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when… — Joyce Meyer
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. — John Stuart Mill
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if… — Richard M. Nixon
To be a minister means above all to become powerless, or in more precise terms, to speak with our powerlessness to the condition of powerlessness… — Henri Nouwen
Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. — George Orwell
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. — Pliny the Elder
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom. — Ayn Rand
Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it. — Samuel Richardson
There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they… — Samuel Richardson
For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. — Samuel Richardson
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Love often leads on to ambition, but seldom does one return from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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