Quotes with upwards

  • An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.
  • The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.

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  • George Orwell Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Saskya Pandita An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards, himself his own dungeon.
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  • Barry Gibb But even now, when people see me in the street, they point upwards to the sky.
    Barry Gibb
    British-American musician and singer-songwriter (1946 - )
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  • Plato It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look upwards, and draws it from the things of this world to the other.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Sir Philip Sidney It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
    Sir Philip Sidney
    British Author, Courtier (1554 - 1586)
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  • Mark Twain The Bible has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • George Orwell The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this in the face of endless discouragements.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Georges Bernanos What does the truth matter? Haven't we mothers all given our sons a taste for lies, lies which from the cradle upwards lull them, reassure them, send them to sleep: lies as soft and warm as a breast!
    Georges Bernanos
    French writer (1888 - 1948)
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