Quotes with surer

  • There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
  • What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

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  • Thomas à Kempis An humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Leonardo Da Vinci Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    Italian painter, engineer and musician (1452 - 1519)
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  • Mark Twain I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Bryant H. McGill There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • Havelock Ellis There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether.
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • Augustus Hare What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
    Augustus Hare
    English writer (1834 - 1903)
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  • Samuel Johnson You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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