Quotes of: Ought Keyword

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature.

William Cavendish

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do.

Joseph Wood Krutch

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

Francis Bacon

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

Viggo Mortensen

Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.

Felix Frankfurter

Music in the church ought to be much more than an emotional stimulant. In fact, this means music and preaching should have the same aim. Both properly pertain to the proclamation of God's Word. Preaching is properly seen as an aspect of or worship. A...

Fool's Gold?: Discerning Truth in an Age of Error

The science of government it is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, that ou...

Letters of John Adams, Addressed to His Wife

So -- I confess I have been a rake at reading. I have read those things which I ought not to have read, and I have not read those things which I ought to have read, and there is no health in me -- if by health you mean an inclusive and coherent knowl...

The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading Writing & the World of Books

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare. In other words, if our expenditure on comforts, luxuries, amusements, etc, is up to the standard common among those with the ...

Mere Christianity

People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.

Fragments

We are not to give credit to the many, who say that none ought to be educated but the free; but rather to the philosophers, who say that the well-educated alone are free.

Epictetus

Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty.

Alfred de Vigny

They ought to find out how to vaccinate for love, like smallpox.

Anna Karenina

Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view.

Meditations

Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.

Orrin Woodward

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

Thomas Paine

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

Lillian Smith

A man who has ceased to learn ought not to wander around loose in these dangerous times

M.M. Coady

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Saint Augustine

An actor who knows his business ought to be able to make the London telephone directory sound enthralling.

Donald Sinden

We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.

Ingvar Kamprad