Famous quotes containing the word motives:
“Let no man write my epitaph; for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them rest in obscurity and peace! Let my memory be left in oblivion, my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.”
—Robert Emmet (1778–1803)
“Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.”
—J.M. (James Matthew)
“... for the motives of acts
Are rarely the same
As their name, as their name....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)