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Serious Quotes - Page 15

One must speak about serious things seriously.

Anton Chekhov's letter to A.N. Pleshcheev, September 9, 1888.

An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.

"PSG v Bayer Leverkusen - as it happened!" by Toby Moses, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2014.

All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

Voltaire (1824). “A philosophical dictionary, from the Fr. [by J.G. Gurton].”, p.319

This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so?

Thomas Hardy (2016). “Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman”, p.151, Thomas Hardy

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

The truth is somewhere in the middle of funny and serious.

"Q&A: Steve Coogan on Sex, Drugs & Bad Press". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. July 9, 2013.

Pure Christianity and serious godliness fear not the scrutiny of a free thought, but despise the impotent malice of a prejudiced one.

Matthew Henry (1850*). “The Miscellaneous Writings of the Revd. Matthew Henry: Consisting of Sermons, Tracts and Biographical Sketches of Eminent Christians and Ministers. To which is Added the Sermon Preached on the Author's Death”, p.202