#mere

The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#connection #conscription #dates #except #existence

They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races. ↗

— Emperor Hirohito

#depend #divine #emperor #false #japanese

Our first remark on this subject is that the ministry is an office, and not merely a work. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#merely #ministry #office #our #remark

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#forces #historical #history #merely #nor

I shall endeavour still further to prosecute this inquiry, an inquiry I trust not merely speculative, but of sufficient moment to inspire the pleasing hope of its becoming essentially beneficial to mankind. ↗

— Edward Jenner

#beneficial #endeavour #essentially #further #hope

I don't want to leave people thinking they've merely seen another actor using his same bag of tricks and fake charm. ↗

— David Keith

#another #bag #charm #fake #his

Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet. ↗

— Anthony Kiedis

#better #cooler #hammered #head #just

If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences. ↗

— H. P. Lovecraft

#backgrounds #bludgeon #conformity #consequences #followers

The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#clearly #difference #feel #few #few men

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ↗

— Chief Seattle

#himself #life #man #merely #strand