A Quote by Thomas Sprat

In all works of liberality something more is to be considered besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the receivers.

Thomas Sprat

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Thomas Sprat
English - Writer
1635 - 1713

On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of these things.)

Bill Walsh

Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.

Thomas S. Monson

The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.

Abraham Lincoln

This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that

Bryan Robson

I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.

Rex Stout

Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.

Orison Swett Marden

As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles.

Samuel Johnson

But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you wish,” he said. “Occasion or not, as long as they’re all dead, I’m happy.

John Flanagan

Whenever the occasion arose, he rose to the occasion.

Jonathan Brown

The occasion of this sadness is expressed in a word, but must be considered in many more, as being the principal concernment both of the Text and Time.

John Pearson

All questions rely on the present for their solution. Time measures nothing but itself. The word that is written may be postponed,but not that on the lip. If this is what the occasion says, let the occasion say it.

Henry David Thoreau

I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.

Miguel de Cervantes

There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.

Michael Pollan

Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.

Fred Barnes

So long as we are receivers of mercy, we must be givers of thanks.

Charles Spurgeon

We are better givers than getters, not because we are generous people, but because we are proud, arrogant people. The Christmas story-the one according to Luke, not Dickens-is not about how blessed it is to be givers but about how essential it is to see ourselves as receivers.

William Henry Willimon

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