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Mere Quotes

A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it Picture Quote #1

I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly ratified by the mere facts Picture Quote #1

Young people know less than we do, but they understand more; their perception has not yet been blunted by compromise, fatigue, rationalization, and the mistaking of mere respectability for morality Picture Quote #1

No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a capstone to adolescent party time Picture Quote #1

Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth Picture Quote #1

Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance Picture Quote #1

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You’re a mere chick. I remember you when you were a egg. Don’t come trying to teach me, sir. Crabs and crumpets! Picture Quote #1

How could an idiotic universe have produced creatures whose mere dreams are so much stronger, better, subtler than itself Picture Quote #1

But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes Picture Quote #1

The incalculable winds of fantasy and music and poetry, the mere face of a girl, the song of a bird, or the sight of a horizon, are always blowing evil’s whole structure away Picture Quote #1

But something cannot be made out of nothing. Dust rose in the air, caught the rays of the sun for a brief moment and sparkled, and then returned to the earth as mere dust Picture Quote #1

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do Picture Quote #1

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We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin Picture Quote #1

They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke Picture Quote #1

A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play. From hand onto paper, bleeding thoughts emerge Picture Quote #1

Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion Picture Quote #1

Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed Picture Quote #1

Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth Picture Quote #1

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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort Picture Quote #1

To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance Picture Quote #1

Pain warns us not to exert our limbs to the point of breaking them. How much knowledge would we not need to recognize this by the exercise of mere reason Picture Quote #1

Uncharged with invisible meaning, the visible is nothing, mere clay; and without visible circumstance, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is shapeless, nameless, and undefined Picture Quote #1

The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world Picture Quote #1

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself Picture Quote #1

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It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit Picture Quote #1

Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that Picture Quote #1

Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield Picture Quote #1

To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry Picture Quote #1

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street Picture Quote #1

Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day’s work an achievement for eternity Picture Quote #1

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A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it (Mere Quotes) I am concerned with a certain way of looking at life, which was created in me by the fairy tales, but has since been meekly ratified by the mere facts (Mere Quotes) Young people know less than we do, but they understand more; their perception has not yet been blunted by compromise, fatigue, rationalization, and the mistaking of mere respectability for morality (Mere Quotes) No longer a mark of distinction or proof of achievement, a college education is these days a mere rite of passage, a capstone to adolescent party time (Mere Quotes) Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth (Mere Quotes) Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance (Mere Quotes) You’re a mere chick. I remember you when you were a egg. Don’t come trying to teach me, sir. Crabs and crumpets! (Mere Quotes) How could an idiotic universe have produced creatures whose mere dreams are so much stronger, better, subtler than itself (Mere Quotes) But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes (Mere Quotes) The incalculable winds of fantasy and music and poetry, the mere face of a girl, the song of a bird, or the sight of a horizon, are always blowing evil’s whole structure away (Mere Quotes) But something cannot be made out of nothing. Dust rose in the air, caught the rays of the sun for a brief moment and sparkled, and then returned to the earth as mere dust (Mere Quotes) I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do (Mere Quotes) We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. But mere time does nothing either to the fact or to the guilt of a sin (Mere Quotes) They were real golfers, for real golf is a thing of the spirit, not of mere mechanical excellence of stroke (Mere Quotes) A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play. From hand onto paper, bleeding thoughts emerge (Mere Quotes) Any religion is forever in danger of petrifaction into mere ritual and habit, though ritual and habit be essential to religion (Mere Quotes) Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed (Mere Quotes) Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth (Mere Quotes) Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort (Mere Quotes) To say that we are sorry for our sins is mere hypocrisy, unless we show that we are really sorry for them, by giving them up. Doing is the very life of repentance (Mere Quotes) Pain warns us not to exert our limbs to the point of breaking them. How much knowledge would we not need to recognize this by the exercise of mere reason (Mere Quotes) Uncharged with invisible meaning, the visible is nothing, mere clay; and without visible circumstance, a territory, to connect to, our spirit is shapeless, nameless, and undefined (Mere Quotes) The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world (Mere Quotes) The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself (Mere Quotes) It is no more effort for a man to be a saint than to be a sinner; it becomes a mere matter of habit (Mere Quotes) Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that (Mere Quotes) Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield (Mere Quotes) To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry (Mere Quotes) English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street (Mere Quotes) Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the side lines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day’s work an achievement for eternity (Mere Quotes)

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