Wholly Quotes

630 Wholly quotes by 464 unique authors

It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and… — Alexander Hamilton
It must be observed that our revenues are raised almost wholly on imported goods. — Thomas Jefferson
Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who… — Saint Augustine
We may remark in passing that to be blind and beloved may, in this world where nothing is perfect, be among the most strangely exquisite… — Victor Hugo
There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it… — Samuel Johnson
We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that… — Eric Hoffer
There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our… — Abraham Lincoln
You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses… — Michelangelo
The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact that we cannot… — Dietrich von Hildebrand
The best of Donald Westlake's pseudonymous thrillers about Parker, the toughest burglar who ever lived. . . .Out of print for years and years, Butcher's… — Terry Teachout
A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds… — John Drinkwater
A heroic figure... not wholly to blame for the religion that's been foisted on him. — Ezra Pound
Only the half-mad are wholly alive. — Edward Abbey
It is all very well, in these changing times, to adapt one's work to take in duties not traditionally within one's realm; but bantering is… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Middle-earth is our world. I have (of course) placed the action in a purely imaginary (though not wholly impossible) period of antiquity, in which the… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe:… — James Madison
Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex… — Vannevar Bush
Henceforth the cosmos, once a swarm of blazing galaxies, each a swarm of stars, was composed wholly of star-corpses. These dark grains drifted through the… — Olaf Stapledon
Grace is more than mercy and love. It super-adds to them. It denotes, not simply love, but the love of a sovereign, transcendent Superior. One… — Thomas Goodwin
Ironically, as some people become harder, they use softer words to describe dark deeds. This, too, is part of being sedated by secularism. Needless abortion,… — Neal A. Maxwell
Be much alone with God, and take time to get thoroughly acquainted. Converse over everything with Him. Unburden yourself wholly -every thought, feeling, wish, plan,… — Horatius Bonar
I shall no doubt be blamed by certain scientists, and, I am afraid, by some philosophers, for having taken serious account of the alleged facts… — C. D. Broad
Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others. — Eric Hoffer
A middle ground might be to fight for same-sex marriage and its benefits and then, once granted, redefine the institution of marriage completely, to demand… — Michelangelo Signorile
In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator, and no two… — Louise Wilder

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