motto quotes

I grant an ugly woman is a blot on the fair face of creation; but as to the gentleman, let them be solicitous to possess only strength and valour: let their motto be:öHunt, shoot, and fight: the rest is not worth a flip.

-Bronte«  , Charlotte
  Jane Eyre ch.17.

   President Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

-Cousins, Norman
  In the Daily Telegraph,17  Jul.

   Let 'Dig for Victory' be the motto of everyone with a garden and of every able-bodied man and woman capable of digging an allotment in their spare time.

-Doram-Smith, Sir Reginald Hugh
  Radio broadcast, 3 Oct.

Think beforeyouspeak iscriticism'smotto; speak before you thinkcreation's.

-Forster, E(dward) M(organ)
Two Cheers for Democracy,'Raison d'e"  tre of Criticism'.

When in doubt, shoutöthat's the motto.

-Hardwicke, Sir Cedric
Attributed, repeating advice that was given to him as a young actor.

   Pluto" t  souffrir que mourir, C'est la devise des hommes. It is better to suffer than to die. That is the motto of mankind.

-La Fontaine,Jean de
  Fables, pt.1, no.16,'La mort et le bu"   cheron'.

'Be a good animal, true to your instincts,' was his motto.

-Lawrence, D(avid) H(erbert)
The White Peacock, pt.2, ch.2.

but wotthehell archy wotthehell jamais triste archy jamais triste that is my motto.

-Marquis, Don(ald Robert Perry)
  archy and mehitabel,'mehitabel sees paris'.

'Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice', should be a woman's motto henceforward.

-Stanton, Elizabeth ne¤  e  Cady
  TheWoman's Bible, pt.2,'Comments on Mark'.

With this for motto,'Rather use than fame'.

-Tennyson
  Idylls of the King,'Merlin andVivien', l.478.

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