"It is a sad truth, but we have……" — Oscar Wilde
"It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things."
More Faculty Quotes
- God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us… — Teresa of Avila
- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen… — Francis Bacon
- In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as… — Frederic Bastiat
- There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. — Henry Ward Beecher
- If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has… — Joseph Addison
- Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. — Henri Bergson
- Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and… — Henri Bergson
- The soul grows by reincarnation in bodies provided by nature, more complex, more powerful, as the soul unfolds greater and… — Annie Besant
- As a man may be born with a mathematical faculty, and by training that faculty year after year may immensely… — Annie Besant
- Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties. — Hugh Blair
- I want to have all of my faculties. — Jeff Bridges
- I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory… — William F. Buckley, Jr.