Shun Quotes

118 Shun quotes by 105 unique authors

The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and… — Arthur Schopenhauer
No reason makes it right To shun accepted ways from stubborn spite; And we may better join the foolish crowd Than cling to wisdom, lonely… — Moliere
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the… — Moliere
Always shun whatever may make you angry. — Publilius Syrus
Shun an angry man for a moment-your enemy forever. — Publilius Syrus
I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself. — Samuel Johnson
We should shun ingratitude, and live daily in the heavenly atmosphere of thankful love. — Charles Spurgeon
We cannot shun our values as an immigrant nation. This is a wrong path. And while possibly it is a short-term political victory based on… — Raul Grijalva
Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a video out there that's getting us… — Joel Madden
The most important lesson I learned...was that the winner of a gunplay usually was the one who took his time. The second was that, if… — Wyatt Earp
Culturally we don't allow women to be as free as they would like, because that is frightening. We either shun those women or deem them… — Kim Gordon
One of the weaknesses of much abstract painting is the attempt to substitute the inventions of the intellect for a pristine imaginative conception. The inner… — Edward Hopper
Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being nobody has become a celebrity. — St. Jerome
Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun… — Luis Barragan
What Conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do; This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heav'n pursue. — Alexander Pope
I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If… — Mahatma Gandhi
Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And… — John Dryden
'Constitutional' is just a real pip of a word. Positively rolls off the tongue. In fact, it's downright fun to say. 'Con-stit-too-shun-al.' It's the verbal… — Paul Feig
I ask all Americans with a conscience to shun anything and everything to do with the murderous state of Georgia. — Michael Moore
When the strong box contains no more both friends and flatterers shun the door. — Plutarch
The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact,… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must shun both these… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the 'transcendent' and all who invite you to subordinate or annihilate yourself. Distrust compassion; prefer dignity for yourself and… — Christopher Hitchens
What are the facts? Again and again and again – what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,”… — Robert A. Heinlein
Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death. — Tom Robbins

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