Quotes with upright

  • Hope is a flatterer but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut as well as the palace of his superior.
  • The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion.
  • Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.

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  • Ban Ki-moon Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • Marcus Aurelius A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Aesop The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
    Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Bo Burnham At once I feel that comedy is this amazing sort of transcendent thing, and I'm also open to the fact that maybe it's just an evolutionary hiccup, something that upright apes do in their free time.
    Bo Burnham
    American comedian, musician, actor and poet (1990 - )
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  • Bernard Bailyn Everyone knew that democracy-direct rule by all the people-required such spartan, self-denying virtue on the part of all the people that it was likely to survive only where poverty made upright behavior necessary for the perpetuation of the race.
    Source: The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. III, POWER AND LIBERTY A THEORY OF POLITICS, p
    Bernard Bailyn
    American historian, author, and academic (1922 - 2020)
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  • Aeschylus For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • James Russell Lowell Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Horace He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • William Shenstone Hope is a flatterer but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut as well as the palace of his superior.
    William Shenstone
    English poet (1714 - 1763)
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  • Thomas à Kempis If your heart were sincere and upright, every creature would be unto you a looking-glass of life and a book of holy doctrine.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Alighieri Dante O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!
    Alighieri Dante
    Durante (Dante) degli Alighieri, Italian philosopher and poet (1265 - 1321)
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  • Bliss Carman Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free, And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Matthew Arnold The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion.
    Matthew Arnold
    British critic and poet (1822 - 1888)
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  • Alfred Adler There is a law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few hundred years it should be as natural to mankind as breathing or the upright gait; but if he does not learn it he must perish.
    Alfred Adler
    Austrian psychiatrist (1870 - 1937)
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  • Bobby Moynihan When I was at Upright Citizens Brigade, I would pretend to be a sad, drunk rapper.
    Bobby Moynihan
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1977 - )
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  • Elias Canetti Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?
    Elias Canetti
    Austrian novelist and philosopher (1905 - 1994)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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