Quotations
Quotes:
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
View quotes by Jane Austen
Whoever would lie usefully should lie seldom. (Memoirs of the reign of George II)
View quotes by Lord Hervey
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
View quotes by Dorothy Parker
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
View quotes by Tolstoy
It is now several months since I promised to give you my reasons for preferring the Bible as a schoolbook to all other compositions. Before I state my arguments, I shall assume the five following propositions:
1 . That Christianity is the only true and perfect religion; and that in proportion as mankind adopts its principles and obeys its precepts they will be wise and happy.
2. That a better knowledge of this religion is to be acquired by reading the Bible than in any other way.
3. That the Bible contains more knowledge necessary to man in his present state than any other book in the world.
4. That knowledge is most durable, and religious instruction most useful, when imparted in early life.
5. That the Bible, when not read in schools, is seldom read in any subsequent period of life.
- Benjamin Rush, Essays, pp. 93-113, 'A Defence of the Use of the Bible as a School Book'.
View quotes by Benjamin Rush
The innocent are so few that two of them seldom meet - when they do, their victims lie strewn around.
View quotes by Elizabeth Bowen
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
View quotes by Lord Acton
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
View quotes by Pliny The Younger
Our gardens are symbols of home rather than seduction. Young people with fire in their blood are seldom found in them. The garden is the scene of middle age, of the slow passage from sexual excitement to domestic routine. [Financial Times]
View quotes by Roger Scruton
Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
View quotes by Edmund Burke
Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.
View quotes by Robert Schuller
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
View quotes by George Bernard Shaw
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
View quotes by Ayn Rand
Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
View quotes by Indira Gandhi
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth.
View quotes by John Stuart Mill
Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties.
View quotes by John Turner
As strange as this may sound, I very seldom read fiction. Because my novels require so much research, almost everything I read is non-fiction-histories, biographies, translations of ancient texts.
View quotes by Dan Brown
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
View quotes by Thomas Hardy
A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet.
View quotes by Truman Capote
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
View quotes by Alexander Hamilton
Proverbs:
Seldom Seen, Soon Forgotten
Opportunity Seldom Knocks Twice
Barking Dogs Seldom Bite
Common Fame Is Seldom To Blame
Fools Seldom Differ
Beauty And Honesty Seldom Agree
Good And Quickly Seldom Meet
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