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His mind has become a refuge for old thoughts, idle, indigent, with nowhere else to go. He ought to chase them out, sweep the premises clean. But he does not care to do so, or does not care enough"(72). J. M. Coetzee
We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it. Our too great love for it makes us restless with fears, burdens us with cares, and exposes us to insults. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Clementine Paddleford quote: "Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be."
Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be. Clementine Paddleford
H. P. Lovecraft quote: "How little does the earth self know life and its extent! How..."
How little does the earth self know life and its extent! How little, indeed, ought it to know for its own tranquility! H. P. Lovecraft
L. M. Montgomery quote: "We ought always to try to influence others for good."
We ought always to try to influence others for good. L. M. Montgomery
They were adored by the Germans, who thought they were exactly what Englishmen ought to be. They made war look stylish and reasonable, and fun...They were dressed half for battle, half for tennis or croquet. Kurt Vonnegut
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with us the reverse is true; our views change constantly; but our lunch does not change. Now, I should like men to have strong and rooted conceptions, but as for their lunch, let them have it sometimes in the garden, sometimes in bed, sometimes on the roof, sometimes in the top of a tree. Let them argue from the same first principles, but let... Gilbert K. Chesterton
My husband would do anything for me ...' It's degrading. No human being ought to have such power over another."It's a very real power, Harriet."Then ... we won't use it. If we disagree, we'll fight it out like gentlemen. We won't stand for matrimonial blackmail. Dorothy L. Sayers
We are not worthy to unloose the latchets of Jesus' shoes, because, if we do, we begin to say to ourselves, "What great folks are we; we have been allowed to loose the latchets of the Lord's sandals." If we do not tell somebody else about it with many an exultation, we at least tell ourselves about it, and feel that we are something after all, and ought to be held in no small repute. Charles Spurgeon
I have always noticed that people who live in the practice of vice think the servants of God ought not to allude to things so coarse! We are allowed to denounce the sins of the man in the moon and the vices of savages in the middle of Africa—but as to the everyday vices of this city of London—if we put our finger upon them in God’s name, then straightway someone cries, “It is indelicate to allude to these things! Charles Spurgeon
For me, beauty is always retreating from one’s grasp: the only thing I consider important is what existed once, or ought to have existed. Yukio Mishima
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "We ought to face our destiny with courage."
We ought to face our destiny with courage. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples. Jane Austen
Bill Watterson quote: "Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to..."
Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful. Bill Watterson
Erich Maria Remarque quote: "My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is..."
My rage outweighs my shame, as always happens when one is really ashamed and knows he ought to be. Erich Maria Remarque

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