Quotes about "simply"

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Sell also: just, merely, plainly

Definitions and meanings of word "simply"

• Adv: and nothing more; examples: "I was merely asking", "it is simply a matter of time", "just a scratch", "he was only a child", "hopes that last but a moment"

• Adv: absolutely; altogether; really; example: "we are simply broke"

• Adv: in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment; examples: "she was dressed plainly", "they lived very simply"

• Adv: absolutely; examples: "I just can't take it anymore", "he was just grand as Romeo", "it's simply beautiful!"

Featured authors with quotes containing word "simply"

Henry David Thoreau
4 quotes about simply
American Philosopher, Critic, Poet, Historian, Author
Saturday 12 July 1817 - Tuesday 6 May 1862
C. S. Lewis
4 quotes about simply
British Theologian, Novelist, Critic, Poet, Author
Tuesday 29 November 1898 - Friday 22 November 1963
Gilbert K. Chesterton
3 quotes about simply
English Writer
Friday 29 May 1874 - Sunday 14 June 1936
Oscar Wilde
4 quotes about simply
Irish Writer, Poet, Dramatist, Playwright
Monday 16 October 1854 - Friday 30 November 1900
Anita Brookner
2 quotes about simply
English Novelist, Historian
Born Saturday 16 July 1938
Sherrod Brown
3 quotes about simply
American Politician
Born Sunday 9 November 1952
Matthew Arnold
3 quotes about simply
English Critic, Poet
Tuesday 24 December 1822 - Sunday 15 April 1888
Sebastian Vettel
3 quotes about simply
German Celebrity
Born Friday 3 July 1987
Twyla Tharp
3 quotes about simply
American Dancer
Born Tuesday 1 July 1941
Ernest Hemingway
3 quotes about simply
American Novelist, Author, Journalist
Friday 21 July 1899 - Sunday 2 July 1961
Michael Behe
3 quotes about simply
American Author, Scientist
Born 1952
Freddie Mercury
3 quotes about simply
British Musician
Thursday 5 September 1946 - Sunday 24 November 1991

What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: people, call, impartiality, may, simply, mean, indifference, partiality, mental, activity
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Life... is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply won't be got rid of.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: life, simply, series, exciting, new, ventures, future, whole, ball, game, tends, unfinished, business, one, trails, all, sorts, things, around, wont, rid
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If we are to believe that our immigration laws simply have no value, as our current policies would have us believe, should we then simply throw them all out, the entire lot of immigration law? I hope not.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: believe, immigration, laws, simply, value, current, policies, throw, all, entire, lot, law, hope
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I found out that many of our Catholics simply don't know what the church teaches, and why, on a lot of issues, and therefore are saying things that they think are okay. They simply don't know.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: found, Catholics, simply, know, church, teaches, why, lot, issues, therefore, saying, things, think, okay
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There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: some, people, want, throw, arms, round, simply, Christmas, other, strangle
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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: present, letter, very, long, one, simply, leisure, make, shorter
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For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: life, continuously, being, hungry, meaning, simply, exist, survive, move, ahead, achieve, conquer
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The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which can make a man's name live for thousands of years.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: science, art, literature, philosophy, simply, manifestation, personality, level, glorious, dazzling, achievements, possible, make, mans, name, live, thousands, years
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Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: all, religion, friend, simply, evolved, fraud, fear, greed, imagination, poetry
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Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: intuition, spiritual, faculty, does, explain, simply, points, way
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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: simply, build, hopes, foundation, confusion, misery, death, think, peace, tranquillity, will, return, again
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Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: aim, above, morality, simply, good, something
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Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: good, manners, sometimes, means, simply, putting, other, peoples, bad
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Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: courage, simply, one, virtues, form, every, virtue, testing, point
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Words: failure, simply, opportunity, begin, again, time, more, intelligently
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Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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