#seldom

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#arrangement #attire #great #great men #seldom

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually. ↗

— Rahm Emanuel

#fallen #heroes #individually #invoke #our

Life holds one great but quite commonplace mystery. Though shared by each of us and known to all, seldom rates a second thought. That mystery, which most of us take for granted and never think twice about, is time. ↗

— Michael Ende

#commonplace #each #granted #great #holds

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

#directed #greatest #highest #his #interests

Coming from a farming background, I saw nothing out of the ordinary in running barefoot, although it seemed to startle the rest of the athletics world. I have always enjoyed going barefoot and when I was growing up I seldom wore shoes, even when I went into town. ↗

— Zola Budd

#always #athletics #background #barefoot #coming

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral. ↗

— John Burroughs

#feeling #funeral #go #history #i

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity, two intelligent talkers seldom meet. ↗

— Truman Capote

#conversations #dialogue #due #few #good

Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success. ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#age #business #consult #content #drive

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it). ↗

— Lewis Carroll

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The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#beings #even #himself #his #man