Sparing Quotes

39 quotes by 37 authors

What reason is there that he which laboreth much, and, sparing the fruits of his labor, consumeth little, should be more charged than he that,… — Thomas Hobbes
A teacher should be sparing of his smile. — William Cowper
The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it… — Lyndon B. Johnson
Love is a tyrant sparing none. — Pierre Corneille
Prison officials have been more concerned about sparing the sensitivities of executioners and witnesses than protecting the condemned prisoner from pain. They are more concerned… — Jamie Fellner
If you want to conquer lust for wealth, love selflessness and sparing way of life. If you want to conquer anger, develop meekness and generosity.… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov
I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source. — Andrew Johnson
I despise and abhor the pleas on behalf of that infamous practice, vivisection... I would rather submit to the worst of deaths, so far as… — Robert Browning
Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you,… — John Fletcher
Give us enough but with a sparing hand. — Edmund Waller
He is careful to deny responsibility for September, but he does not, you notice, condemn the killings. He also refrains from killing words, sparing Roland… — Hilary Mantel
A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will be… — Mike Farrell
Brahma was excessively sparing with earth, water, and fire.... The reckless expenditure of air and ether in his composition was amazing. And, in consequence, he… — Rabindranath Tagore
My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow… — Margaret Cavendish
Those who want much, are always much in need; happy the man to whom God gives with a sparing hand what is sufficient for his… — Horace
Those who seek for much are left in want of much. Happy is he to whom God has given, with sparing hand, as much as… — Horace
Nature, the great Moloch, which exacts a frightful tax of human blood, sparing neither young nor old; taking the child from the cradle, the mother… — William Osler
I bless the gods for not letting my education in rhetoric, poetry, and other literary studies come easily to me, and thereby sparing me from… — Marcus Aurelius
I am reading Jonson's verses to the memory of Shakespeare; an insolent, sparing, and invidious panegyric... — John Dryden
Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely. — Thomas Huxley

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