Occasions Quotes - Page 3
The instability of our tastes is the occasion of the irregularity of our lives.
François duc de La Rochefoucauld, Stanisław I Leszczyński (King of Poland) (1851). “Moral Reflections, Sentences and Maxims of Francis, Duc de la Rochefoucauld”, p.158
"The Rambler".
To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know.
Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”
Perhaps there really are occasions in life when it’s best not to say anything.
Miljenko Jergović (1997). “Sarajevo Marlboro”, Penguin Uk
There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man
Mahatma Gandhi (1988). “Gandhi on Women: Collection of Mahatma Gandhi's Writings and Speeches on Women”
Leigh Hunt (2016). “Leigh Hunt: Selected Writings”, p.178, Routledge
Usenet article <[email protected]>, 1997.
Anytime where you're challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways.
Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.
Hesiod, Apostolos N. Athanassakis (2004). “Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield”, p.77, JHU Press
Hannah More (1853). “Poems, sacred dramas, essays”, p.188
George Santayana (2012). “The Sense of Beauty”, p.135, Courier Corporation
Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.
Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.210, Delphi Classics
Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1164, Simon and Schuster
HATRED, n. A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.106, University of Georgia Press
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2007). “The Federalist Papers”, p.257, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.