#momentary

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works. ↗

— John Keats

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Passion is momentary; love is enduring. ↗

— John Wooden

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The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word. ↗

— F. L. Lucas

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My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. ↗

— Roman Polanski

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Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. ↗

— Sydney Smith

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Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

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outbox and its inherent transient nature - is it a take on life itself ? momentary, independent, fleeting and somewhat meaningless dwelling for all creations on their way out - to sent items. ↗

— Sunil Raina

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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you. ↗

— G. M. Trevelyan

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Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

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