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So fixed are our spirits in slothfulness and cold indifference that we seldom overcome so much as one evil habit. — Thomas A Kempis

Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. — Alfred North Whitehead

The truth is seldom welcome, especially at dinner. — Margaret Atwood

Justice seldom happens by accident. — Patricia King

Children often sang, adults seldom. At what age did the singing stop? — Mary Jo Putney

Good and great are seldom in the same man. — Winston S. Churchill

Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly. — Daniel H. Hill

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal — Roger L'Estrange

We seldom require more to the happiness of the present hour than to surpass him that stands next before us. — Samuel Johnson

A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost. — Publilius Syrus

Men brave and generous live the best lives, seldom will they sorrow; then there are fools, afraid of everything, who grumble instead of giving. — Anonymous

We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more. — Samuel Johnson

It is also an era dominated by industry, in which the right to make a dollar at whatever cost is seldom challenged. — Rachel Carson

He said nothing: seldom do those who are silent make mistakes. — Neil Gaiman

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. — Douglas Adams

Friends made fast seldom remain fast. — Austin O'Malley

You seldom improve quality by cutting costs, but you can often cut costs by improving quality. — Karl Albrecht

We're seldom drawn to a character we admire; only to a personality we like. — Mignon McLaughlin

I think it was Oscar Wilde who said, You wouldn't care about what other people thought about you if you realized how seldom they actually did. — Maria Semple

I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities. — Hedy Lamarr

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance. — Paul Harris

It is now only in letters I write what I feel: not in literature any more, and I seldom say it, because I keep trying to be amusing. — E. M. Forster

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do. — Dorothy Height

Those who boast are seldom the great. — Jawaharlal Nehru

My Latin temper blows up pretty fast, but it goes down just as fast. Maybe that's why you seldom hear of ulcers in Latin America. — Desi Arnaz

The biggest toms would seldom win, she noticed; oft as not, the prize went to some smaller, quicker animal, thin and mean and hungry. — George R R Martin

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. — Oliver Goldsmith

Active happiness is not a common state. Active unhappiness is better than dull days. Katherine was seldom in an intermediate stage. — Madeleine L'Engle

A poet is seldom hard up for advice. The worst part of it all is that sometimes the advice is coming from other poets, and they ought to know better. — Richard Hugo

Although history may therefore seem like a series of inevitable events, the actual future is seldom foreseen. — David G. Myers

Anticlimax is, of course, the warp and way of things. Real life seldom structures a decent denouement. — Anonymous

The cat seldom interferes with other people's rights. His intelligence keeps him from doing many of the fool things that complicate life. — Carl Van Vechten

It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely. — Jane Austen

Opportunities are seldom labeled. — John G. Shedd

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves. — Thomas A Kempis

Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom do. — Wilfred Owen

It is seldom that the miserable can help regarding their misery as a wrong inflicted by those who are less miserable — George Eliot

I have seldom heard people engaging in deep intellectual conversations. Most chats are either about mundane life decisions [ ... ] or juicy gossip. — Gad Saad

Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals. — Carl Von Clausewitz

A man in music, as one in love, either lives it or talks about it; seldom both. — Ernst Bacon

Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it. — John C. Maxwell

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did. — Phil McGraw

Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised by it. — Teresa Of Avila

We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much. — Jean De La Bruyere

A well-paid occupation is seldom spoken of as rewarding. — Mason Cooley

To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain. — Herman Melville

We seldom speak of the virtue which we have, but much oftener of that which we lack. — Oliver Goldsmith

Cautionary Tale: Blood is seldom thicker than blood. — Kris Waldherr

A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it. — Anne Spencer

Thus freedom now so seldom wakes, The only throb she gives, Is when some heart indignant breaks, To show that still she lives. THOMAS MOORE — Hugh Laurie

The author describes Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn as seldom at ease without a gavel in his hand. — Robert A. Caro

When people don't respect one another seldom is there honesty. — Shannon L. Alder

I had of course met with incredulity..., but seldom with a will to incredulity. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. — Aesop

I do not put in long hours at the keys - or very seldom. Instead, I snatch time. I write in the crannies of my life. — Julia Cameron

The Drowned God did not answer. He seldom did. That was the trouble with gods. — George R R Martin

You can finish school, and even make it easy - but you never finish your education, and it's seldom easy. — Zig Ziglar

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. — Simeon Strunsky

Take happiness where you can," he said. "It seldom lasts - 'course, neither does sorrow, right? — Patricia Briggs

I seldom look at myself to avoid any self-criticism. — Isabella Rossellini

Somemenare bornkings; and someare bornstatesmen. The two are seldom the same. — George Bernard Shaw

Old men, imagining themselves under obligation to young paramours, seldom keep any thing from their knowledge. — Samuel Richardson

It is seldom that domestic violence is an isolated episode; rather it is comprised of a number of episodes over an extended period of time. — Asa Don Brown

It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar. — Silius Italicus

A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred. — Virginia Woolf

I seldom made an errand to God for another but I got something for myself. — Samuel Rutherford

I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. — Anton Chekhov

People seldom notice old clothes if you wear a big smile. — Milton A. Lee

The definition of 'Employment' by an employer, and, that by an employee, are seldom the same. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Courtesy seldom costs anything, and the willingness to extend it can be its own subtle declaration of strength. There — David Weber

Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse. — Samuel Johnson

The wealthy seldom possess wealth: oftener they are possessed by it. — Ivan Panin

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. — Lord Chesterfield

Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried. — Edward Abbey

Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms. — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl Of Halifax

Whom first we love, you know, we seldom wed. — Hazel Felleman

Desultory readers are seldom remarkable for the exactness of their learning. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Strange, how seldom a person knows which days of his life are tragic and which are happy, — Tom Reiss

Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy. — Patrick Rothfuss

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment. — Lord Chesterfield

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain. — William Shakespeare

Miracles occur in psychoanalysis as seldom as anywhere else. — Karen Horney

Information is seldom enough to heal a wounded heart. — Tullian Tchividjian

Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends — Alexis De Tocqueville

A man or woman is seldom happy unless he or she is sustaining him or herself and making a contribution to others. — Zig Ziglar

The reason why borrowed books are seldom returned, is that it is easier to retain books themselves than what is inside of them. — Gilles Menage

Ever notice how seldom we lose control when frustrated by our boss, but how often we do when annoyed by friends or family? — Lynn G. Robbins

Do not give hope where there is none.
Do not turn away hope where there is seldom some. — Rosen Topuzov

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary. — Arthur Balfour

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent. — Bob Dylan

Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting. — Tom Stoppard

We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service. — Bernard De Mandeville

Treason seldom dwells with courage. — Walter Scott

A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels of life is lost forever. — Josiah Johnson Hawes

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags. — David Mamet

Virtue and wealth seldom go together. The greatest criminals are also the wealthiest men."
-The Cripple — F. Sionil Jose

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