Quotes with contrive

  • This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
  • If a book comes from the heart it will contrive to reach other hearts. All art and author craft are of small account to that.

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  • Edward Gibbon A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Thomas Carlyle If a book comes from the heart it will contrive to reach other hearts. All art and author craft are of small account to that.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • George Borrow If you must commit suicide... always contrive to do it as decorously as possible; the decencies, whether of life or of death, should never be lost sight of.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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  • Edmund Burke Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Aristophanes This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never fought
    Should contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native land
    Never to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.
    Aristophanes
    Ancient Greek comic playwright (446 - 386)
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