#surely

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#delight #exaltation #excellence #found #highest

Slowly but surely the sea is freezing over. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#over #sea #slowly #surely

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. ↗

— Adam Smith

#far #flourishing #greater #happy #members

Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees. ↗

— Rod Stewart

#god #had #heads #knees #meant

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and depth; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#corners #depth #expanse #explore #fences

Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#background #come #country #forces #front

After completing a Delaware State education, they were afforded opportunities beyond anything they might have imagined - and they opened doors for themselves that surely would have remained closed if they only had a high school education. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#after #anything #beyond #closed #completing

That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within Northern Ireland as well as using security well, as well as a political settlement, but surely that is the lesson. ↗

— Clare Short

#feeds #got #heavens #i #ireland

Words, which are the dress of thoughts, deserve surely more care than clothes, which are only the dress of the person. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#clothes #deserve #dress #more #only

It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms. ↗

— John Millington Synge

#clay #most #poetry #roots #strong