↑Quotations for procure
To wilful men. The injuries that they themselves procure
Must be their school-masters. [ William Shakespeare ]
The masses procure their opinions ready made in open market. [ Colton ]
Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness. [ Addison ]
Procure not friends in haste, and when thou hast a friend part not with him in haste. [ Solon ]
Too much magnifying of man or matter doth irritate contradiction, and procure envy and scorn. [ Bacon ]
Riches are of no value in themselves; their use is discovered only in that which they procure. [ Dr. Johnson ]
Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage. [ Phoebe Gary ]
When men neglect God, they neglect their own safety; they procure their own ruin; they fly from their own happiness; they pursue their own misery, and make haste to be undone. [ J. Mair ]
Rest and undisturbed content have now no place on earth, nor can the greatest affluence of worldly good procure them, ... they are peculiar to the love and fruition of God alone. [ Thomas à Kempis ]
What real good does an addition to a fortune, already sufficient, procure? Not any. Could the great man, by having his fortune increased, increase also his appetites, then precedence might be attended with real amusement. [ Goldsmith ]