Mere

Famous quotes containing the word mere:

“Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“Query: Whether the difference between a mere computer and a man of science be not, that the one computes on principles clearly conceived, and by rules evidently demonstrated, whereas the other doth not?”
—George Berkeley (1685–1753)

“But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to disappear or to merge in something else.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)