Seldom Quotes

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

I seldom play in a trio, but acoustic music is likely to be lighter, quicker, and quieter.

Women have seldom sufficient employment to silence their feelings; a round of little cares, or vain pursuits frittering away all strength of mind and organs, they become naturally only objects of sense.

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.

Perhaps we too seldom reflect how much the life of Nature is one with the life of man, how unimportant or indeed merely seeming, the difference between them.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

I've seldom become nostalgic or settled.

The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.

To have that kind of ovation, that happens very seldom for a lineman.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.

Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.

Don't think that because you haven't heard from me for a while that I went to sleep. I am still here, like a spirit roaming the night. Thirsty, hungry, seldom stopping to rest.

Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers.

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

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.

The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his.

I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one.

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.

When you think about where are you going to find that big love of your life, you seldom think it's someone you already know. You think it's someone you're yet to meet.

My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

I've seldom seen a horny player walk into a bar and not let out exactly what he did for a living.

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against.

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks.

You seldom get a censorship attempt from a 14-year-old boy. It's the adults who get upset.

A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour.