Trace Quotes

460 quotes by 403 authors

The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition… — Henry James
Let us render the tyrant no aid; let us not hold the light by which he can trace the footprints of our flying brother. — Frederick Douglass
In America, more than anywhere else in the world, care has been taken constantly to trace clearly distinct spheres of action for the two sexes,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'. — Ed Begley, Jr.
... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his… — Plutarch
Thinking it selfish to dwell on her own sufferings, when in the midst of wretches, who had not only lost all that endears life, but… — Mary Wollstonecraft
When we think how narrow and devious this path of nature is, how dimly we can trace it, for all our lamps of science, and… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Walking aft a few feet we stand at the steering gear of the ship. There is no cozy; wheel-house on the bridge for the quartermaster… — Paul J. H. Schoemaker
A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds… — Cyril Connolly
Our studies have shown that all cases of typhoid of this type have arisen by contact, that is, carried directly from one person to another.… — Robert Koch
I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy… — John Archibald Wheeler
If a warden sees cigarette litter being thrown from a car, they will take the number and trace the owner to send them a fine. — Andrew Jackson
The ultimate aim of psychoanalysis is to attribute art to mental weakness, and then to trace the weakness back to the point where, according to… — Karl Kraus
And Thou, vast Ocean! on whose awful face Timeâ€™s iron feet can print no ruin-trace, By breezes lullâ€™d, or by the storm-blasts drivâ€™n, Thy majesty… — Robert Montgomery
It is not possible that we should remember that we existed before our body, for our can bear no trace of such existence, neither can… — Baruch Spinoza
What terrible questions we are learning to ask! The former men believed in magic, by which temples, cities, and men were swallowed up, and all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Only yonder magnificent pine-tree... holds her unchanging beauty throughout the year, like her half-brother, the ocean, whose voice she shares; and only marks the flowing… — Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval. — C.S. Lewis
Labor is work that leaves no trace behind it when it is finished, or if it does, as in the case of the tilled field,… — Mary McCarthy
The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are… — Ramakrishna

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