Mere

Famous quotes containing the word mere:

“But we are soldiers,
And may that soldier a mere recreant prove,
That means not, hath not, or is not in love.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“... the truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction of our success; there are so many similar objects, all claiming to be the real thing.”
—Lucian (c. 120–c. 180)

“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)