Quotes with scarce

  • Of rich men it telleth, and strange is the story how they have, and they hanker, and grip far and wide; And they live and they die, and the earth and its glory has been but a burden they scarce might abide.
  • There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

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  • Oswald Chambers A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
    Oswald Chambers
    Scottish preacher, writer (1874 - 1917)
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  • John Donne Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.
    John Donne
    English poet (1572 - 1631)
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  • Josh Billings As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Sam Walton Capital isn't scarce; vision is.
    Sam Walton
    American businessman, founder Wal-Mart Stores (1918 - 1992)
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  • Ban Ki-moon Climate change, in some regions, has aggravated conflict over scarce land, and could well trigger large-scale migration in the decades ahead. And rising sea levels put at risk the very survival of all small island states. These and other implications for peace and security have implications for the United Nations itself.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • William Shakespeare Dangerous conceits are, in their natures, poisons.
    Which at the first are scarce found to distaste,
    But with a little act upon the blood.
    Burn like the mines of Sulphur.
    Othello 3, 3
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Amy Hempel Good leaders being scarce, following yourself is allowed.
    Rick Moody (2007) 32
    Amy Hempel
    American short story writer and journalist (1951 - )
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  • Zig Ziglar If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Henry Vaughan Man hath still either toys or care: But hath no root, nor to one place is tied, but ever restless and irregular, about this earth doth run and ride. He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where; He says it is so far, that he has quite forgot how to go there
    Henry Vaughan
    Welsh poet, author, translator and physician (1621 - 1695)
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • William Morris Of rich men it telleth, and strange is the story how they have, and they hanker, and grip far and wide; And they live and they die, and the earth and its glory has been but a burden they scarce might abide.
    William Morris
    British artist, writer (1834 - 1896)
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  • Bayard Taylor Our life is scarce the twinkle of a star In God's eternal day.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Speak not too well of one who scarce will know himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Armstrong Williams The country remains dependent on oil. But as we are now learning, oil is becoming increasingly scarce.
    Armstrong Williams
    American political commentator, entrepreneur and author (1962 - )
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  • Ban Ki-moon The current model is global suicide. We need a revolution. Revolutionary thinking. Revolutionary action. Natural resources are becoming more and more scarce.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Bernard Mandeville The multitude will hardly believe the excessive force of education, and in the difference of modesty between men and women, ascribe that to nature, which is altogether owing to early instruction: Miss is scarce three years old, but she's spoke to every day to hide her leg, and rebuked in good earnest if she shows it; whilst little Master at the same age is bid to take up his coats, and piss like a man.
    Bernard Mandeville
    British writer and artist (1670 - 1733)
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  • William Blake The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Barbara Mikulski The two-martinis-for-lunch bunch would love for us to fight each other over the resources they have made scarce.
    Barbara Mikulski
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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