Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY!
Home - Quote Topics - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Author Nationalities

Authors:    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

Google Web brainyquote.com   
Definition of Mere
Mere

A pool or lake.

A boundary.

To divide, limit, or bound.

A mare.

Unmixed; pure; entire; absolute; unqualified.

Only this, and nothing else; such, and no more; simple; bare; as, a mere boy; a mere form.

Related Definitions:
Absolute, And, As, Bare, Bound, Boundary, Boy, Divide, Else, Entire, Form, Lake, Limit, Mare, Mere, More, No, Nothing, Only, Or, Pool, Pure, Simple, Such, This, To


Mere Quotations

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.
William Shakespeare

Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
Mohandas Gandhi

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.
Thomas Jefferson

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
Mohandas Gandhi

Mere Translations

mere in Dutch is louter, enkel, bloot
mere in Portuguese is mero
mere in Swedish is idel, ren, blott och bar


Quotes    RSS Feeds        Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com