Whilst Quotes

257 quotes by 192 authors

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those… — Mary Astell
A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or… — Charles Babbage
Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants. — Edmund Burke
Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken words. Hence thou art ready… — William Gurnall
Everyone speaks of himself with regard to his ownself, "I am above and the others are below," whilst all of them are around the globe… — Varahamihira
But when all is said and done, the fact remains that some teachers have a naturally inspiring presence and can make their exercises interesting, whilst… — William James
It is better that a man should tyrannize over his bank balance than over his fellow-citizens and whilst the former is sometimes denounced as being… — John Maynard Keynes
Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political maxims, civil and… — Alexis de Tocqueville
It is, indeed, only in old age that intellectual men attain their sublime expression, whilst portraits of them in their youth show only the first… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making… — Max Beerbohm
Whilst weakness and timidity keep us to our duty, virtue has often all the honor. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media… — John Donne
The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties... — Meher Baba
Placed as the fossils are in their several tiers of burial-places the one over the other; we have in them true witnesses of successive existences,… — Roderick Murchison
The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most… — James Madison
Remember that accumulated knowledge, like accumulated capital, increases at compound interest: but it differs from the accumulation of capital in this; that the increase of… — Charles Babbage

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