Slight Quotes

388 quotes by 330 authors

The best portraits are perhaps those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature; and we are not certain that the best histories are… — Thomas B. Macaulay
If you are not progressing along the true way, a slight twist in the mind can become a major twist. This must be pondered well. — Miyamoto Musashi
A photographerâ€™s eye is perpetually evaluating. A photographer can bring coincidence of line simply by moving his head a fraction of a millimetre. He can… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
A good meal can somewhat repair / The eatings of slight love — Philip Larkin
The income men derive from producing things of slight consequence is of great consequence. The production reflects the low marginal utility of the goods to… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. — John Singer Sargent
We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to… — Shunryu Suzuki
To say that Romans 7 describes the Christian is to slight the grace of God and to foster wanton behaviour. — Jacobus Arminius
The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity. — Thomas A. Edison
In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration:â€”feelings,… — William Wordsworth
Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper quality.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our minds have a tendency to wander. To duck and feint and keep us at a slight remove from the moment at hand. — Dani Shapiro
On the waves of the brook she dances by, The light, the lovely dragon-fly; She dances here, she dances there, The shimmering, glimmering flutterer fair.… — Heinrich Heine
And so the liberal tendency became a habit with Stepan Arkadyich, and he liked his newspaper, as he liked a cigar after dinner, for the… — Leo Tolstoy
It is common to forget a man and slight him if his good will cannot help you. — Plautus
Overhead the sanctities of the stars shine forever-more... pouring satire on the pompous business of the day which they close, and making the generations of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man may have intelligence enough to excel in a particular thing and lecture on it, and yet not have sense enough to know he… — Jean de la Bruyere
How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul! — Philip James Bailey
Injury, when it is slight, upsets me; when it is strong it calms me. — Antonio Porchia
Twere too absurd to slight For the hereafter the todays delight! — Robert Browning

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