I am constantly astonished by the people, otherwise intelligent, who think that anything so complex and delicate as a marriage can be… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
We are not fond of praising, and never praise any one except from interested motives. Praise is a clever, concealed, and delicate… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is no secret to anyone that we are going to rule in the most delicate circumstances Spain has faced in 30 years. — Mariano Rajoy Copy Share Image
Friendship, love, and piety ought to be handled with a sort of mysterious secrecy; they ought to be spoken of only in… — Novalis Copy Share Image
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“She’d never seen a boy with hands like that, with long, delicate fingers, beautiful but still masculine. His fingernails were long too,… — Kelly Creagh Copy Share Image
Are you a man?'' The question slipped out, and she regretted it. Regretted injecting reality into this delicate, lovely dream of passion.… — Christina Dodd Copy Share Image
Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
Walking itself is the intentional act closest to the unwilled rhythms of the body, to breathing and the beating of the heart.… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Though men of delicate taste be rare, they are easily to be distinguished in society by the soundness of their understanding, and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
It's a delicate thing for me, with how involved I am in social media and being a part of people's lives in… — Vera Farmiga Copy Share Image
We must suit the flattery to the mind and taste of the recipient. We do not put essences into hogsheads, nor porter… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
How can we keep the government we create from becoming a Frankenstein that will destroy the very freedom we establish it to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
One should put forth great effort in matters of learning. One should read books concerning military matters, and direct his attention exclusively… — Kato Kiyomasa Copy Share Image
In an age where the lowered eyelid is just a sign of fatigue, the delicate game of love is pining away. Freud… — Marya Mannes Copy Share Image
With Zen we do it more through slight of hand, a very subtle and delicate shift in consciousness, which shifts the world.… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
When a new generation watches the films, people might mention that it has improved their lovemaking. I guess it's because it isn't… — Sylvia Kristel Copy Share Image
“I want you to learn the lesson of the lotus. This flower springs forth from muddy waters. It raises its delicate petals… — Colleen Houck Copy Share Image
Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the heights; as something more delicate, more fragile,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
