Neither Quotes

"Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"We're neither pure; nor wise; nor good; we do the best we know."
-Voltaire

"The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman nor an Empire."
-Voltaire

"This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."
-Voltaire

"Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy."
-Voltaire

"Neither Heaven nor Hell. It is simply Purgatory."
-Abraham Lincoln

"Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes his aid against the other.... The prayers of both could not be answered--that of neither has been answered fully."
-Abraham Lincoln

"Those that respect the law and love sausage should watch neither being made."
-Mark Twain

"Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune."
-Plato

"Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law."
-Thomas Jefferson

"It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness."
-Thomas Jefferson

"In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point."
-Friedrich Nietzsche

"'Tis neither here nor there."
-William Shakespeare

"Things are neither good nor bad but thinking makes it so."
-William Shakespeare

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend; And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry [economy]."
-William Shakespeare

"The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent."
-Carl Sagan

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing—that's why we recommend it daily."
-Zig Ziglar

"It is the action of an uninstructed person to reproach others for his own misfortune; of one entering instruction, to reproach himself; and one perfectly instructed, to reproach neither others nor himself."
-Epictetus

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin

"A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination."
-Betty Friedan

"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."
-Sallust

"Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it."
-English Proverb

"Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe."
-Edmund Burke

"Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained."
-James A. Garfield

"When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content."
-Niccolo Machiavelli

"Neither have they hearts to stay. Nor wit enough to run away. "
-Samuel Butler

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
-Lewis Carroll

"Neither Powell nor I wanted a ground war."
-H. Norman Schwarzkopf