Just as there is nothing between the
admirable omelette and the intolerable, so with autobiography.
View quotes by Hilaire BellocNothing is so
admirable in politics as a short memory.
View quotes by GalbraithIt is found by experience that
admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
View quotes by TacitusGreat authors are
admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
View quotes by André GideA stricken tree, a living thing, so beautiful, so dignified, so
admirable in its potential longevity, is, next to man, perhaps the most touching of wounded objects
View quotes by Edna FerberAllow me to offer my congratulations on the truly
admirable skill you have shown in keeping clear of the mark. Not to have hit once in so many trials, argues the most splendid talents for missing.
View quotes by Thomas De QuinceyEducation is an
admirable thing, but it is worth noting that there is nothing worth knowing that can be taught
View quotes by Oscar WildeAlfred Nobel's discoveries are characteristic; powerful explosives can help men perform
admirable tasks. They are also a means to terrible destruction in the hands of the great criminals who lead peoples to war.
View quotes by Pierre CurieThat which astonishes, astonishes once; but whatever is
admirable becomes more and more admired
View quotes by Joseph JoubertPropose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however
admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it. If you speak to him of a machine for peeling a potato, he will pronounce it impossible; if you peel a potato with it before his eyes, he will declare it useless, because it will not slice a pineapple.
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