Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Success is not worth rejoicing over, failure is not worth grieving over. — Luo Guanzhong Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I've got confidence that most people in America still have a decent sense of manners, propriety, morality. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music. — Confucius Copy Share Image
A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family. — Thomas Bowdler Copy Share Image
Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation. — Lawana Blackwell Copy Share Image
I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troops, that they may be… — Thomas L. Smith Copy Share Image
It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of… — John Buchanan Robinson Copy Share Image
On Sept 15th [1852] Mr Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer, asked my opinion on the utility of Mr Babbage's calculating machine, and… — George Biddell Airy Copy Share Image
If there are such things as political axioms, the propriety of the judicial power of a government being co-extensive with its legislative,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Oh, propriety," says Mrs Benjamin. "We're always so concerned with propriety. Even in total madness, we still stick to our hierarchies and… — Robert Jackson Bennett Copy Share Image
Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to… — Confucius Copy Share Image
[The American public demands] a sense of legitimacy from and in the presidency. There is more to this than dignity, more than… — James David Barber Copy Share Image
Sundry manifestations of nature in men and women, are greatly perverted by existing social conventions upheld by both. There are feelings which,… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled… — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
All right, so there he is, our representative to the world, Mr. Western Civilization, in codpiece and pantyhose up there on the… — Marvin Mudrick Copy Share Image
Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
How often should a woman be pregnant? Continually, or hardly ever? Or must there be a certain number of pregnancy anniversaries established… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
There will be natural propriety in using an eastern light for bedrooms and libraries, a western light in winter for baths and… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
It is better then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it - keep it.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape. — Horace Copy Share Image
“If a man has been your teacher for a day, you should treat him as your father for the rest of his… — Wu Cheng'en Copy Share Image
The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Losing maturity in one’s fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and that’s not always a… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities. — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established — Confucius Copy Share Image
“The arrows of death fly unseen at noon-day; the sharpest sight cannot discern them.” — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
We are disgusted by gossip; yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest,… — Joseph Lancaster Copy Share Image
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