Home /
Quotes /
Mere Quotes

Mere Quotes

A small word, a sharp cut.

Calling something mere is a quiet way of dismissing it, and these quotes use that trick to make bigger arguments. See more wordplay-driven lines in Expression quotes.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Nov 07, 2020

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.

Quotes by Robertson Davies

Nov 07, 2020

I abhor mere prettiness.

Quotes by Richard Burton

Power
|
Nov 07, 2020

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

Quotes by Muhammad Iqbal

Object
|
Nov 07, 2020

For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.

Quotes by Karl Marx

Merit
|
Nov 07, 2020

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

Quotes by Joseph Addison

Hope
|
Nov 07, 2020

Hope, decency, and unity are not mere catchwords.

Quotes by Jon Ossoff

God
|
Nov 07, 2020

The here-and-now is no mere filling of time, but a filling of time with God.

Quotes by John W. Foster

Nov 07, 2020

Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.

Quotes by James Cash Penney

Nov 07, 2020

Poetry is a mere drug, Sir.

Quotes by George Farquhar

Imagination
|
Nov 07, 2020

People can die of mere imagination.

Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer

Earth
|
Nov 07, 2020

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

Quotes by Duke of Wellington

Imparting
|
Nov 07, 2020

The mere imparting of information is not education.

Quotes by Carter G. Woodson

Mere Quotes

A small word, a sharp cut.

Whether aimed at bureaucracy or empty slogans, mere does a lot of work in a short sentence. Continue with Identity quotes and Judgment quotes.

Famous Topics

Top 10 quotes