"Discontent is like ink poured into water, which……" — Owen Feltham
"Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness."
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21 Quotes by Owen Feltham
Owen Feltham has 21 quotes on this site.
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Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment
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There is no one subsists by himself alone.
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The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for…
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The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.
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Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool…
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In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.
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By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.
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Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The…
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More Blackness Quotes
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Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight…
— Steven Biko
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A horrible sense of blackness and the treachery of fate seized hold upon the soul of the unhappy student.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Life is fleeting. And if you're ever distressed, cast your eyes to the summer sky when when the stars are…
— Robin Williams
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One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he…
— Winston Churchill
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Nothing but blackness above And nothing that moves but the cars... God, if you wish for our love, Fling us…
— Louis Untermeyer
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Blackness is a state of mind and I identify with the black community. Mainly, because I realized, early on, when…
— Halle Berry
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I am a Black Feminist. I mean I recognize that my power as well as my primary oppressions come as…
— Audre Lorde
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It was a texture. The blackness was so intense.
— Charles Duke
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I am a black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of blackness. I consider myself neither…
— Gil Scott-Heron
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I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
— Hunter S. Thompson
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My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before.
— Michelle Obama
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I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It…
— Sara Gruen
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