They Ought Quotes

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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. — Aristotle
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
It will, I believe, be everywhere found, that as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of… — Jane Austen
If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their… — Teresa of Avila
People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. — Saul Bellow
Cynic, n: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. — Josh Billings
When leading evangelicals say terrible things about Islam, evil things about Islam, terrible things about Muhammad, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. — Tony Campolo
There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation… — Jimmy Carter
Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have. — Richard S. Salant
Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary - they are in the true order. It is… — Henri Frederic Amiel
In order that the relations between science and the age may be what they ought to be, the world at large must be made to… — William Jay Youmans
The Puritanical nonsense of excluding children and therefore to some extent women from pubs has turned these places into mere boozing shops instead of the… — George Orwell
Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the hearer. They shame… — Blaise Pascal
Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable. — H.G. Wells
The hypotheses which we accept ought to explain phenomena which we have observed. But they ought to do more than this; our hypotheses ought to… — William Whewell
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin... Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them but leave them the power to create… — Josiah Stamp
People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their… — Meister Eckhart
You must never stop dreaming. Face reality, yes. But don't stop with the way things are; dream of things as they ought to be. Dream… — Jesse Jackson
Some say that happiness is not good for mortals, & they ought to be answered that sorrow is not fit for immortals & is utterly… — William Blake

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