Sententious Quotes
- I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, audacious without impudency, learned… — William Shakespeare
- As I search the archives of my memory I seem to discern six types or methods [of judicial writing] which divide themselves from one another… — Benjamin Cardozo
- The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches… — Thomas Jefferson
- Americans must be the most sententious people in history. Far too busy to be religious, they have always felt that they sorely needed guidance. — Saul Bellow
- Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth — Bertrand Russell