C Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with C. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine conduct [in order to warn men away from individual women who are deceitful] is contrary to the truth, just as I will show you with a hypothetical case. Let us suppose they did this intending to draw fools away from foolishness. It would be as if I attacked fire -- a very good and necessary element nevertheless -- because some people burnt themselves, or water because someone drowned. The same can be said of all good things which can be used well or used badly. But one must not attack them if fools abuse them.”
Source: The Book of the City of Ladies
“Causing goodness must be the cause of goodness.”
Source: Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
“Causing harm is never just a one-way street.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“Caustique ? Vous voulez dire : méchant ? Oui, je suis un peu méchant, dit Settembrini. Mon regret c'est que je sois obligé de gaspiller ma méchanceté à des sujets aussi misérables. J'espère que vous n'avez rien contre la méchanceté, mon cher ingénieur. A mon sens, c'est l'arme la plus étincelante de la raison contre les puissances des ténèbres et de la laideur. La méchanceté, monsieur, est l'esprit de la critique, et la critique est à l'origine du progrès et des lumières de la civilisation.”
Source: The Magic Mountain
“Caut ... insingurare. Este un timp pentru comunicare, si este un timp pentru insingurare. Am cunoscut mult timp lumea si am adunat in mine atatea, incat de-acum o pot cunoaste inlauntrul meu.”
Source: Laurus
“Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.”
Source: The Walking Drum
“Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.”
“Caution: Danger ahead. Do not refer to Adriana as little in regards to either her age or stature. If you happen to disregard this most basic of laws, approach with caution. Much, much caution.”
Source: The Rose and the Sword
“Caution: Drinking is not good for the phone.”
“Caution: Drinking is not good for the phone and Twitter.”
“Caution, folks! This package comes with a "handle with care" label, but let me tell you, I'm not just fragile glass; I'm a delicate balance of wit, charm, and cleverness. Treat me like a precious gem, and you'll unlock a treasure trove of laughter and amusement. But beware, mishandle me, and you might unleash a whirlwind of snarky comebacks! So, be gentle, be kind, and prepare for an adventure with this quirky, witty wonder!”
“Caution has its place, no doubt, but we cannot refuse our support to a serious venture which challenges the whole of the personality. If we oppose it, we are trying to suppress what is best in man - his daring and his aspirations. And should we succeed, we should only have stood in the way of that invaluable experience which might have given a meaning to life.”
Source: Psychology and religion: West and East
“Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because the last century has produced an abundance of ideologies that pretend to be keys to history but are actually nothing but desperate efforts to escape responsibility.”
Source: The Origins of Totalitarianism
“Caution is always prudent. But we mustn't let fear pave the way of our feet." -Riyah”
Source: Emanate
“Caution is an important quality in a leader, but it has to be caution followed by decision. Caution followed by ambivalence can be a weakness.”
“Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.”
“Caution is evil medicine to me, even when it seems to guarantee reward. It was a foretaste of my later conviction that the follies which a man regrets most are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.”
Source: Looking Back: Never Explain, Never Apologise
“Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.”
Source: Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president
“Caution is the daughter of circumspection, but she tends to outgrow her mother.”
“Caution is the eldest child of wisdom.”
“Caution is the instinct of the weaker animal.”
“Caution is the lower story of prudence.”
“Caution is the path to mediocrity.”
Source: God Emperor of Dune
“Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.”
Source: God Emperor of Dune
“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”
“Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.”
Source: Lord Of Chaos: Book 6 of the Wheel of Time
“Caution others, only if your cautioning does not hurt them. If it does, then do not caution them.”
“Caution: Poems are sweeter than chocolates.”
Source: You By You
“Caution was better. Safety was preferable. Life typically trumped death.”
Source: Ember Dragon Daughter
“Caution! Be very careful of false, meaningless, self-contradictory, and not even very funny warnings, like this one.”
“Caution, not exuberance, should be our fiscal motto.”
“Caution, Sir! I am eternally tired of hearing that word caution. It is nothing but the word of cowardice!”
“Caution, though very often wasted is a good risk to take.”
“Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.”
“Cautionary Moral: Don't let your heart overrule your head.”
Source: Doomed Queens: Royal Women Who Met Bad Ends, From Cleopatra to Princess Di
“Cautionary tales were fantastic in the '70s.”
“Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells.”
Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq
“Cautious as a camera-man engaged in shooting a family of fourteen lions”
Source: Cold comfort farm
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.”
Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.”
Source: Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words
“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.”
“Cautious, like crossing a river in the winter.”
Source: Daodejing: The New, Highly Readable Translation of the Life-Changing Ancient Scripture Formerly Known as the Tao Te Ching
“Cautiously avoid speaking of the domestic affairs either of yourself, or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip; and theirs are nothing to you.”
“Cautiously, he moved further out, checking the roofs, doors, windows. Nothing. He walked out further, keeping against the wooden wall of a building, just in case. His heart was pounding in his ears. Strange, isn’t it? You could be in hundreds of fights, but everyone always seemed like the first time. A million different things could happen, go completely wrong. Then it might well be his last. Where is he? Which building?”
Source: Black Sunrise
“Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.”
“Cautiousness in judgment is nowadays to be recommended to each and every one: if we gained only one incontestable truth every ten years from each of our philosophical writers the harvest we reaped would be sufficient.”
“Cautivar a una persona libre con amor es mejor que liberar a mil esclavos.”
Source: The Dermis Probe
“cautivas
palomas, golpeándose en la malla de las
irises, singlan cielos, vuelan mares,
se arrullan entre labios, descubriéndose
tras las cancelas alambicadas
de las flores, las dulces fachadas
de las horas sin alambres, del mediodía
del sur,”
Source: El Naranjo Embrujado
“Caută zi de zi motive care să te facă să zâmbești din tot sufletul și să te bucuri ca un copil.”
“Cauza necazurilor noastre nu se află în jilțul guvernului, ci în imediata apropiere, în trib, în familie, în noi înșine.”
Source: The Robe