Quotes with strict

  • I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound.
  • Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
  • Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized ac

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  • Epictetus A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Thomas Jefferson A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Bella Freud Ever since I was little, I really loved boyish clothes - I had a real obsession with strict clothes, like uniforms. They really got me going.
    Bella Freud
    British fashion designer (1961 - )
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  • William Wordsworth For by superior energies; more strict affiance in each other; faith more firm in their unhallowed principles, the bad have fairly earned a victory over the weak, the vacillating, inconsistent good.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero He cannot be strict in judging, who does not wish others to be strict judges of himself.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Abraham Lincoln I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Alan Greenspan I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.
    Alan Greenspan
    American economist (1926 - )
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  • Ulysses S. Grant I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their strict execution.
    Ulysses S. Grant
    American Army general (1822 - 1885)
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  • Eugène Delacroix I live in company with a body, a silent companion, exacting and eternal. He it is who notes that individuality which is the seal of the weakness of our race. My soul has wings, but the brutal jailer is strict.
    Eugène Delacroix
    French artist (1798 - 1863)
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  • Adam Osborne I take what I see work. I'm a strict believer in the scientific principle of believing nothing, only taking the best evidence available at the present time, interpreting it as best you can, and leaving your mind open to the fact that new evidence will appear tomorrow.
    Adam Osborne
    British-American author and publisher (1939 - 2003)
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  • Anne Stevenson I work very hard on all my poems, but most of the work consists of trying not to sound as if I had worked. I try to make them sound as natural as possible, but within a quite strict form, which to my ears has a lot to do with musical rhythm and sound.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Bram Cohen In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable.
    Bram Cohen
    American computer programmer (1975 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle; but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Brigitte Bardot My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.
    Brigitte Bardot
    French fashion model, singer and actress (1934 - )
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  • Billy Casper My parents were strict and taught me the proper fundamentals that I would use in my life. They taught me commitment to work hard.
    Billy Casper
    American professional golfer (1931 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Mark Twain Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Max Weber Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized ac
    Max Weber
    German economist, historian and sociologist (1864 - 1920)
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  • Grant Hill Parents, they're strict on you when you're little, and you don't understand why. But as you get older, you understand and you appreciate it.
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  • John F. Boyes Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.
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