Anton Chekhov Quotes, Escaping Quotes, Useless Quotes

Useless pursuits and conversations always about the same things absorb the better part of one's time, the better part of one's strength, and in the end there is left a life grovelling and curtailed, worthless and trivial, and there is no escaping or getting away from it—just as though one were in a madhouse or prison.

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If my face was covered, I would be useless.

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Tags : Aaryn Gries Quotes , Would Be Quotes , Useless Quotes

It is useless to read Greek in translation; translators can but offer us a vague equivalent.

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Tags : Virginia Woolf Quotes , Greek Quotes , Useless Quotes

The word "souvenir" has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless; but even today, ninety per cent of the items covered by the word are forgettable objects in which cigarettes can be left to go stale.

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Tags : Alan Coren Quotes , Today Quotes , Useless Quotes

High descent and meritorious deeds, unless united to wealth, are as useless as seaweed.

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Tags : Horace Quotes , Useless Quotes , Deeds Quotes

Most arguments are useless.

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Tags : Aesop Quotes , Life Quotes , Useless Quotes

The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance in life - that Death would come and end everything, so that it was useless to begin anything, and that there was no help for it, Yes it was terrible but true

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Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Effort Quotes , Useless Quotes

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws.

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Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Law Quotes , Useless Quotes

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

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Tags : Gautama Buddha Quotes , Two Quotes , Useless Quotes

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

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Tags : Winston Churchill Quotes , War Quotes , Useless Quotes

Nothing in this world is useless in the eyes of God.

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Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Eye Quotes , Useless Quotes

Remove the temptation of idleness and Cupid's bow is useless.

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Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.

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Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Useless Quotes , Logic Quotes

A smattering of English is worse than useless; it is an unnecessary tax on our women.

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Tags : Mahatma Gandhi Quotes , Useless Quotes , Language Quotes

Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre

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Tags : Leo Tolstoy Quotes , Useless Quotes , Mediocre Quotes

Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.

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Tags : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes , Support Quotes , Useless Quotes

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam.

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A life is never useless. Each soul that came down to Earth is here for a reason.

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Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.

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Tags : Abu Bakr Quotes , Useless Quotes , Action Quotes

It is useless attacking the insensible.

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Tags : Aesop Quotes , Reality Quotes , Useless Quotes