Spare Quotes

476 quotes by 402 authors

Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which makes death a… — Matthew Arnold
In the same way that we need statesmen to spare us the abjection of exercising power, we need scholars to spare us the abjection of… — Jean Baudrillard
No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from… — Martha Beck
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. — Josh Billings
My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal. — Geraldine Brooks
Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks. — Ron Chernow
There's time enough, but none to spare. — Charles W. Chesnutt
Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. — Thomas Aquinas
Spare yourselves from the indulgence of self-pity. It is always self-defeating. Subdue the negative and emphasize the positive. — Gordon B. Hinckley
Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun. — Byron Katie
If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation. Amen." — Byron Katie
Drinking coffee is kinda my major hobby... the great benefit of being an actor is you have all this spare time. My ideal is just… — Craig Parker
Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs an unceasing vigilance and a rare detachment of spirit. It… — W. Somerset Maugham
Others may fashion more smoothly images of bronze (I for one believe it), evoke living faces from marble, plead causes better, trace with a wand… — Virgil
It seems that nature, which has so wisely disposed our bodily organs with a view to our happiness, has also bestowed on us pride, to… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
He types his labored column - weary drudge! Senile fudge and solemn: spare, editor, to condemn these dry leaves of his autumn. — Robertson Davies
Spare the rod and spoil the child - that is true. But, beside the rod, keep an apple to give him when he has done… — Martin Luther
When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare… — Alice Duer Miller
I strongly oppose cloning, as do most Americans. We recoil at the idea of growing human beings for spare body parts or creating life for… — George W. Bush
Spare me through your mercy, do not punish me through your justice. — Anselm of Canterbury

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