Quotes: Fidelity

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Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.

Alexander Pope

English poet (1688-1744)

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Helen Keller

American author and activist (1880-1968)

I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.

Alan Parsons

British audio engineer, musician, and record producer

True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Helen Keller

American author and activist (1880-1968)

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882-1944)

The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we’re supposed to be monogamous when we’re not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.

Rachel Hunter

New Zealand model and actress

Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

Harriet Martineau

English writer and sociologist (1802-1876)

A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.

Joseph Story

US Supreme Court justice 1779-1845

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.

Robert Benchley

American writer and actor (1889-1945)

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.

Lilli Palmer

German actress (1914-1986)

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