O Quotes
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“Of this alone, even god is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been.”
“Of this be wary. Honor and fame are often regarded as interchangeable. Both involve an appraisal of the individual. . . but I suggest this difference. Fame is morally neutral.”
“Of this blest man, let his just praise be given,
Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.”
“Of this diversion the Scots are so fond, that, when the weather will permit, you may see a multitude of all ranks, from the senator of justice to the lowest tradesman, mingled together, in their shirts, and following the balls with utmost eagerness.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Tobias Smollett (Illustrated)
“Of this economic Stoicism of the Classical world the exact antithesis is Socialism, meaning thereby not Marx's theory but Frederick William I's Prussian practice which long prededed Marx and will displace him – the socialism […] that comprehends and cares for permanent economic relations, trains the individual in his duty to the whole, and glorifies hard work as an affirmation of Time and Future.”
Source: The Decline of the West, Vol 1: Form and Actuality
“Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest... And of what consequence is it what kind of death puts an end to life, since he who has died once is not forced to go through the same ordeal a second time? They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.”
“Of this I am sure.....if the sky goes unlighted ..as the sun goes to sleep....the stars would appear....for they are the signature of God......”
“Of this I am sure if the sky grows unlighted as the sun goes to sleep, the stars would appear for they are the signature of God.....”
“Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning.”
Source: The Religious Philosophy of Josiah Royce; Edited, with an Introductory Essay, by Stuart Gerry Brown
“Of this she was perfectly unaware; to her he was only the man who had made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.”
Source: Pride and Prejudice EasyRead Edition
“Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures.”
“Of this voyage, I observe, that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal miracles that He has shown on the voyage, and for me, who for so great a time was in the court of Your Highnesses with the opposition and against the opinion of so many high personages of your household, who were all against me, alleging this undertaking to be folly, which I hope in Our Lord will be to the greater glory of Christianity, which to some slight extent already has happened.”
“Of this you may be certain: The Lord especially loves righteous women-women who are not only faithful but filled with faith, women who are optimistic and cheerful because they know who they are and where they are going, women who are striving to live and serve as women of God.”
Source: As Women of God
“Of those hundreds of lawsuits [for Donald Trump], we're told 30 are significant. There's pressure for him to settle that suit before he goes into the office.”
“Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
Source: The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution
“Of those that are drawn away, each is drawn elsewhere toward another: once more a man and a woman, in a loneliness they are not liable at that time to notice, are tightened together upon a bed: and another family has begun.”
Source: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
“Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.”
Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752
“Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?”
“Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.”
“Of those two [Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump], I do think that the - right now, at least in my mind, the Democratic theme is eclipsing the Republican one.”
“Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, and malaria that are easy and inexpensive to treat or prevent.”
“Of those who have been there side by side with you, it's hard to tell sometimes,
who's got your back and who's stabbing you in the back.
Simion addressing Paul”
Source: InVoluntar în Războiul Altora
“Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it. Some spoil them when they are young, and then quarrel with them when they are grown up, for having been spoiled; some love them like mothers, and attend only to the bodily health and strength of the hopes of their family, solemnize his birthday, and rejoice, like the subjects of the Great Mogul, at the increase of his bulk: while others, minding, as they think, only essentials, take pains and pleasure to see in their heir, all their favourite weaknesses and imperfections.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“Of those who say nothing, few are silent.”
“Of those who start TaeKwonDo training, only about 5% stick with it until they achieve the Black Belt Rank. Then perhaps 80% of those who earn a Black stop there.”
“Of those, the only one that really stands out for me is Tales From The Darkside, for a couple of reasons, one in particular being who I got to work with on it, which was Eddie Bracken. I mean, what a man. Someone who's done Preston Sturges movies, and I actually got to work with him? And he was great.”
“Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in Hiroshima is that the atomic heat was so great that they burned instantly to ashes - except that there were no ashes.”
“Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.”
Source: The Complete Arrows Trilogy
“Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing. Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness, And knows that 'yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.”
Source: Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces
“Of travel I've had my share, man, I've been everywhere.”
“Of troubles know I none, Of pleasures know I many - I rove beneath the sun, Without a single penny.”
“Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding of his subject: One can judge a building without knowing where to buy the bricks; one can understand a violin sonata without knowing how to score for the instrument. The work may in fact be better understood without a knowledge of the details of its manufacture, of attention to these tends to distract from meaning and effect.”
“Of twenty employees, Carlos says he was the only one who hadn't slept with the receptionist. Talk about a dysfunctional workplace! However, he couldn't immediately quit. How did Carlos survive? “I just did my job,” he told us.”
Source: Rising Above a Toxic Workplace: Taking Care of Yourself in an Unhealthy Environment
“Of two duties we must choose the greater, though of two sins we must choose neither (556).”
Source: The Saints' Everlasting Rest
“Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred.”
“Of two evils choose the least.”
“Of two evils choose the prettier.”
“Of two evils we must always choose the least.”
“Of two Evils we take the less.”
Source: The Works of Mr. Richard Hooker;: With a General Index: Also, Mr. Isaac Walton's Life of the Author
“Of two evils, choose neither.”
“Of two evils, choose the more interesting.”
“Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.”
“Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.”
Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum”
“Of two friends, one is always the slave of the other, although frequently neither acknowledges the fact to himself.”
Source: A Hero of Our Time
“Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away.”
Source: The Heart of The Matter
“Of two heroes, he who esteems his rivals the most is the greatest.”
“Of two men looking at a green field, one estimates its yield in bushels and calculates the price of the bushels in silver and in gold. The other drinks the greenness of the field with his eye, and kisses every blade with his thought, and fraternizes in his soul with every rootlet and pebble, and every clod of earth.”
Source: The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark
“Of two men who have no experience of God, he who denies him is perhaps nearer to him than the other.”
Source: The Notebooks of Simone Weil
“Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.”
Source: Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin