Flourishes Quotes

Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. - John Tillotson

Where there are difficulties to cope with, and unsatisfactory conditions to overcome, there virtue most flourishes and manifests its glory. - James Allen

Where fraternities are not allowed, communism flourishes. - Ronald Reagan

When schools flourish, all flourishes. - Martin Luther

Watching foreign affairs is sometimes like watching a magician; the eye is drawn to the hand performing the dramatic flourishes, leaving the other hand - the one doing the important job - unnoticed. - David K. Shipler

Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems essentially uncontrollable, in the coherence of the inchoate, and in its ability to create its own values. - A. Alvarez

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. - William Shakespeare

There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows. - Katherine Graham

The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. - Henry Ellis