Quotes with resemblance

  • There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.

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  • Ambrose Bierce Admiration: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
    The Devil's Dictionary
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Jean Cocteau All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.
    Jean Cocteau
    French writer (1889 - 1963)
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  • J.R.R. Tolkien Both rings are round, and there the resemblance ceases.
    The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien
    J.R.R. Tolkien
    English writer, philologist, poet, theologian and professor (1892 - 1973)
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  • Thomas Paine He is not affected by the reality of distress touching his heart, but by the showy resemblance of it striking his imagination. He pities the plumage, but forgets the dying bird.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Blaise Pascal How useless is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, the originals of which we do not admire!
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Ben Affleck I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger', and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Ronald Reagan It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Antony Sher Most of my career has been spent with the RSC doing Shakespeare, and the thing you learn from Shakespeare is that his historical plays don't bear anything other than a basic resemblance to history.
    Antony Sher
    British actor (1949 - )
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux My burden is light, said the blessed Redeemer, a light burden indeed, which carries him that bears it. I have looked through all nature for a resemblance of this, and seem to find a shadow of it in the wings of a bird, which are indeed borne by the creature, and yet support her flight towards heaven.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Burgundian abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Ronald Reagan Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Ronald Reagan Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
    Ronald Reagan
    American politician and actor (1911 - 2004)
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  • Nicolas Chamfort Sometimes apparent resemblance of character will bring two men together and for a certain time unite them. But their mistake gradually becomes evident, and they are astonished to find themselves not only far apart, but even repelled, in some sort, at all their points of contact.
    Nicolas Chamfort
    French writer, journalist and playwright (1741 - 1794)
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  • Marcel Proust There's nothing like desire to prevent the things one says from having any resemblance to the things in one's mind.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Mme de Stael Wit lies in recognizing the resemblance among things which differ and the difference between things which are alike.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Admiration; is our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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