Seldom Quotes

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When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. — George Savile
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. — David Hume
For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day. — James Thomson
The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it. — Bill Copeland
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always want it the least. — Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
When people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything for their victory, but new masters. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. — George Gurdjieff
The master class seldom lose a chance to insult a woman who has the ability for something besides service to his lordship. — Caroline M. Nichols Churchill
Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. — Nicholas Sparks
There are seldom more than a couple of students in any workshop who seem natural writers. — James Lasdun
You need to learn to be happy by nature, because you'll seldom have the chance to be happy by circumstance. — Unknown Author
Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less… — Samuel Johnson
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. — Unknown Author
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government...… — Alexander Hamilton
The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is… — Wyndham Lewis
The truth of the matter is that facts seldom prove the truth. Why? Because truth is inly found in a journey. — Harold J Duarte-Bernhardt
True loves are often sown, but seldom grow on ground. — Edmund Spenser
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals, but there is seldom any money in them. — Mark Twain
We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. — Olin Miller

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