Words Without Quotes
48 quotes by 39 authors
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And the prince who has relied solely on their words, without making other preparations, is ruined, for the friendship which is gained by purchase and…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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We have all been hearing from childhood of such things as love, peace, charity, equality, and universal brotherhood; but they have become to us mere…
— Swami Vivekananda
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I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.
— William Hazlitt
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The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop. . . . Words are at times good for looking back, but they…
— Hugh Prather
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To utter pleasant words without practicing them, is like a fine flower without fragrance.
— Gautama Buddha
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Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong…
— Jon Corzine
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I have used the words and expressions which my experiences from Minsk to Kharkov to the Don suggested to me. But I should have reserved…
— Guy Sajer
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The enchantment of the sky, ever changing beauty almost ignored. Beyond words, without fixed form, not to be understood, or stated. It ravished away dullness,…
— Florida Scott-Maxwell
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Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.
— Geoff Thompson
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I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
— Benjamin Franklin
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In prayer, it is better to have heart without words, than words without heart. Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin entice…
— John Bunyan
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Without action, words are just words. Without violence, laws are just words. Violence isn’t the only answer, but it is the final answer.
— Jack Donovan
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Can we who have had the joy of knowing that we are not orphans, that we have a Father, be indifferent to this city which…
— Pope Francis
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Mathematicians may flatter themselves that they possess new ideas which mere human language is as yet unable to express. Let them make the effort to…
— James Clerk Maxwell
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It is extremely natural for us to desire to see such our thoughts put into the dress of words, without which indeed we can scarce…
— Eustace Budgell
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The only thing I have done religiously in my life is keep a journal. I have hundreds of them, filled with feathers, flowers, photographs, and…
— Terry Tempest Williams
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One cannot explain words without making incursions into the sciences themselves, as is evident from dictionaries; and, conversely, one cannot present a science without at…
— Gottfried Leibniz
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.
— Hermann Hesse
Who Wrote These Words Without Quotes
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