Quotes with refuge

  • One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.
  • There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.
  • In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
  • Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
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  • Aristotle Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Oscar Wilde Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Heywood Broun A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
    Heywood Broun
    American Journalist, Novelist (1888 - 1939)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Henrik Ibsen Castles in the air - -they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build as well.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Gilbert Seldes Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind.
    Gilbert Seldes
     
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  • Mason Cooley Entrepreneurship is the last refuge of the trouble making individual.
    Mason Cooley
    American aphorist
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  • Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.
    Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
    Chinese political figure who was First Lady of the Republic of China (1897 - 2003)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos: He will set them above their betters.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Henry S. Haskins Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.
    Henry S. Haskins
    American stockbroker and man of letters (1875 - 1957)
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  • Marshall Mcluhan Good taste is the first refuge of the non creative. It is the last ditch stand of the artist.
    Marshall Mcluhan
    Canadian professor and philosopher (1911 - 1980)
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  • Boris Pasternak Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those whose sole concern is not the truth.
    Doctor Zhivago
    Boris Pasternak
    Russian writer (1890 - 1960)
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  • Oscar Wilde I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Aaron Allston Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.
    Aaron Allston
    American game designer and author (1960 - 2014)
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  • Bertrand Russell Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • E. M. Cioran Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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