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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. – Pliny the Younger
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach. – Bertrand Russell, Sceptical Essays (1928), "Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness"
We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. – Frank Tibolt
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. – Confucius
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices. – George Bernard Shaw
Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one. – Benjamin Franklin
People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. – Cullen Hightower
Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. – Alfred North Whitehead
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. – Benjamin Franklin
Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen. – Luke Rhinehart
A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. – Irish Proverb
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. – Samuel Johnson
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition. – Henry Louis Mencken
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. – Thomas Hardy
A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it. – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. – Joseph Addison
Active minds that think and study, Like swift brooks are seldom muddy. – Arthur Guiterman
As time goes on, new and remoter aspects of truth are discovered which can seldom be fitted into creeds that are changeless. – Clarence Day
Be cautious in your intercourse with the great; they seldom confer obligations on their inferiors but from interested motives. Friendly they appear as long as it serves their turn, but they will render no assistance in time of actual need. – The Talmud
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present - which seldom happens to us. – Jean De La Bruyere
Children have neither a past nor a future. Thus they enjoy the present-- which seldom happens to us. – La Bruyere
Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal. – Lenore Hershey
Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. – George Orwell
Experience has always shown, and reason shows, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed. – Guicciardini
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly. – Simeon Strunsky

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