Quotes having the keyword Spoils
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
by Louisa May Alcott (Novelist, American , born in 1970) keywords: charm, conceit, consciousness, danger, even, finest, genius, goodness, great, long, modesty, much, overlooked, possessing, power, real, satisfy, should, spoils, talent, using, well , will You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
by Louisa May Alcott (Novelist, American , born in 1970) keywords: charm, conceit, danger, finest, genius, gifts, good, goodness, great, little, long, many, modesty, much, need, overlooked, parading, power, real, spoils, talent, them, virtues , will Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
by Ambrose Bierce (Journalist, American , born in 1842) keywords: american, cookery, his, humorist, intellectual, leaving, out, salt, spoils, which , wit A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
by Baltasar Gracian (Philosopher, Spanish , born in 1601) keywords: adds, age, bad, beauty, even, everything, good, itself, justice, manner, old, reason, spoils, supplies, touch , truth I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
by Norman Mailer (Novelist, American , born in 1923) keywords: act, bad, creative, present, root, something, spoils, talk, tension, think , work The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
by W. Somerset Maugham (Playwright, British , born in 1874) topics: Success keywords: common, contrary, erroneous, humble, idea, kind, makes, making, most, part, spoils, success, them, tolerant , vain I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.
by Ron Reagan (Journalist, American , born in 1958) keywords: air, airline, coach, flying, force, regular, say, sort , spoils The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
by Will Rogers (Actor, American , born in 1879) topics: Education keywords: actual, education, how, know, learn, less, little, living, make, more, owes, read, somebody, spoils, thing, think , work No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.
by Elihu Root (Lawyer, American , born in 1845) keywords: another, avowed, desires, forth, ground, nation, now, sets, spoils , upon Writing of that caliber spoils you for any other kind of writing for awhile. But that's probably good.
by Mercedes Ruehl (Actor, American , born in 1948) keywords: any, awhile, caliber, good, kind, other, probably, spoils , writing The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.
by William Shakespeare (Dramatist, English , born in 1970) keywords: concord, fit, hath, himself, man, moved, music, nor, sounds, spoils , sweet
