Quotes with sharpen

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• A grindstone that had not grit in it, how long would it take to sharpen an ax? And affairs that had not grit in them, how long would they take to make a man?

  Henry Ward Beecher
  American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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• Good literature continually read for pleasure must, let us hope, do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions.

  The Name and Nature of Poetry

  A. E. Housman
  British poet (1859 - 1936)
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• Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart.

  Walter Savage Landor
  British poet (1775 - 1864)
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• Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

  Peter Ustinov
  British actor, writer, director (1921 - 2004)
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• Parents are the bones upon which children sharpen their teeth.

  Peter Ustinov
  British actor, writer, director (1921 - 2004)
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• The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

  Confucius
  Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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• The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themselves live closer to the dream, but instead sharpen their perceptions and fight to make the dream actuality or give up the battle in despair.

  Margaret Mead
  American cultural anthropologist (1901 - 1978)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• discrimination
• understanding
• perspicacity
• expectations
• perceptions
• actuality

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