#merely

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#history #language #merely #place #takes

The average Nigerian person has come to reconcile himself with the fact that his or her social progress remain essentially in his or her hands in collaboration with other fellow Nigerians and not merely relying on what government alone could provide for him or her. ↗

— Ibrahim Babangida

#average #collaboration #come #could #essentially

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful. ↗

— Savitri Devi

#europe #india #merely #powerful

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. ↗

— Paul Valery

#artist #finishes #his #merely #never

The challenge is the culture. You have to have a vision for the BBC-it can't merely be that it's big and has a place in the market. ↗

— Jonathan Dimbleby

#challenge #culture #market #merely #place

Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than themselves; those we loved were merely happy shadows. ↗

— Georges Duhamel

#every #every day #fills #gentle #happy

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#different world #get #know #listen #merely

Violence is hidden within democratic structures because they are not radically democratic - Western democracy is merely a domestic convenience of consumerism. ↗

— Edward Bond

#consumerism #convenience #democracy #democratic #domestic

I am continually fascinated at the difficulty intelligent people have in distinguishing what is controversial from what is merely offensive. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#continually #controversial #difficulty #distinguishing #fascinated

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. ↗

— Epicurus

#abstract #between #compact #justice #merely