Quotes with well-read

Quotes 301 till 320 of 1813.

  • Virginia Woolf Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Luigi Pirandello Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Anne Stevenson Each word bears its weight, so you have to read my poems quite slowly.
    Anne Stevenson
    American-British poet and writer (1933 - 2020)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one's strength, to read a book - I call that vicious!
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Elsa Schiaparelli Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale.
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  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.
    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
    English Baptist preacher (1834 - 1892)
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  • George Macaulay Trevelyan Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
    George Macaulay Trevelyan
    British historian and academic (1876 - 1962)
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  • Oscar Wilde Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
    Source: A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated (1894)
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Brigham Young Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
    Brigham Young
    American Mormon Leader (1801 - 1877)
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  • George Macaulay Trevelyan Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading, an easy prey to sensations and cheap appeals.
    George Macaulay Trevelyan
    British historian and academic (1876 - 1962)
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  • Carolina Herrera Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Gordon B. Hinckley Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.
    Gordon B. Hinckley
    American religious leader and author (1910 - 2008)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Aldous Huxley Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Bobby Doerr Even after I played ten years of ball, I still felt like I had to play well or somebody might take my place. They had plenty of players in the minor leagues who were good enough to come up and take your job, and I think that kept us going all of the time. I hustled and put that extra effort in all of the time.
    Bobby Doerr
     
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  • Blaise Pascal Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Calvin Trillin Even today, well-brought-up English girls are taught by their mothers to boil all veggies for at least a month and a half, just in case one of the dinner guests turns up without his teeth.
    Calvin Trillin
    American journalist, humorist, food writer and poet (1935 - )
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  • Bertrand Russell Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Anita Desai Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy.
    Anita Desai
    Indian novelist (1937 - )
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