Vagaries Quotes
28 quotes by 25 authors
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Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind,…
— Marcus Aurelius
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
— Marquis de Sade
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Read the classics one hour every day, drunk or sober. Reading the classics gives one a feeling of confidence. It familiarizes one with the vagaries…
— Richard Haynes
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A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing.
— Gautama Buddha
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A little rain, a little blood. Black fingernails in August; and going berserk, going bananas. As if entrapped in a tropical heatwave, with dozens of…
— Adam Zagajewski
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I began to realize that life, despite moments of happiness and joy, is really about discovering priorities and dealing with unforeseen vagaries, differences, obstacles, inconveniences,…
— Maureen McCormick
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When you have trouble with things—whether it's figuring out whether to push or pull a door or the arbitrary vagaries of the modern computer and…
— Donald A. Norman
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Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a…
— Elif Batuman
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No individual can be in full control of his fate-our strengths come significantly from our history, our experiences largely from the vagaries of chance. But…
— Howard Gardner
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Like it or not taking risks, by a total commitment to the mountain and the vagaries of the weather, is essential for the greater satisfaction…
— Doug Scott
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Each one of us must in the end choose for himself how far he would like to leave our collective fate to the wayward vagaries…
— Learned Hand
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When we live moment to moment, we place ourselves at the center of life, where infinite wisdom abides, rather than on the periphery, where things…
— Susan L. Taylor
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I cannot keep track of all the vagaries of fashion, Every day, so it seems, brings in a different style.
— Ovid
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A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and weakness, his prejudices and preferences. Particularly is this the case…
— William Osler
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A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity.
— William E. Gladstone
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A rational reaction against the irrational excesses and vagaries of scepticism may, I admit, readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. To be engaged…
— William E. Gladstone
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This party will not take its position based on public opinion polls. We will not take a stand based on focus groups. We will not…
— Stephen Harper
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Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds…
— Marquis de Sade
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High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.
— Martin Filler
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Eccentricity is not, as some would believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and…
— Edith Sitwell
Who Wrote These Vagaries Quotes
25 authors contributed a total of 28 Vagaries Quotes as follows: