"An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator." — Isaac Barrow
"An accomplished mathematician, i.e. a most wretched orator."
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Isaac Barrow
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27 Quotes by Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow has 27 quotes on this site.
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He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual…
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Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.
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We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.
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Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.
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The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any…
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I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.
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Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or…
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If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at…
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No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with…
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That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence,…
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More Accomplished Quotes
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly…
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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing…
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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people.…
— Bob Beauprez
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
— Warren G. Bennis
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will…
— Sitting Bull
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Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.
— Robert Byrd
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Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there…
— Dale Carnegie
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I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get…
— Jim Carrey
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The candidates we have in this campaign are... the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we've had since…
— Hillary Clinton
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I think that true horror is accomplished by slowly getting into your brain. The old way is much more scary.
— Sergio Aragones
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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements... According…
— Alice Miller
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