Quotes with ought

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  • Francis Bacon He of whom many are afraid ought to fear many.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Richard Hooker He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
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  • Cass Sunstein Here's a more controversial idea: In general, Democrats and progressives ought to allow Trump considerable room to choose his own employees - far more room than Republicans allowed during the Obama administration. Tit-for-tat is a dangerous game.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche How people keep correcting us when we are young! There is always some bad habit or other they tell us we ought to get over. Yet most bad habits are tools to help us through life.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Langston Hughes Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
    Langston Hughes
    American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright and columnist (1901 - 1967)
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  • Byron Dorgan I am not someone who believes we should build a fence around our country but I do believe there ought to be some fairness with respect to the rules of this globalization.
    Byron Dorgan
    American author, businessman (1942 - )
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  • Emily Brontë I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
    Emily Brontë
    British writer, poet (1818 - 1848)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Henry Ford I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • C. S. Lewis I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Ogden Nash I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Orson Welles I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.
    Orson Welles
    American film maker (1915 - 1985)
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  • Burt Lancaster I found marriage somewhat stifling. I don't know that I am the kind of man who ought to be married.
    Burt Lancaster
    American actor and producer (1913 - 1994)
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  • Lady Mary Wortley Montagu I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.
    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    English writer (1689 - 1762)
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  • Vera Brittain I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
    Vera Brittain
    English nurse, writer, feminist, and pacifist (1893 - 1970)
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  • Mark Twain I think a compliment ought to always precede a complaint, where one is possible, because it softens resentment and insures for the complaint a courteous and gentle reception.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Florence Nightingale I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
    Florence Nightingale
    English social reformer, founder of modern nursing and statistician (1820 - 1910)
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  • Ogden Nash I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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