Proverb Quotes by Patricia Wentworth

I do not approve of children being beaten. It is always a confession of failure.

— Patricia Wentworth

when married people begin to talk about their rights, it means something has gone pretty far wrong between them.

— Patricia Wentworth

When there is too much to say it is easier to say nothing at all.

— Patricia Wentworth

Love and a cold cannot be hid. It is, I believe, a Spanish proverb.

— Patricia Wentworth

It is the man who is sure of himself who disregards the opinion of the world. To be sure is to have power.

— Patricia Wentworth

Anyone who pretends not to be interested in money is either a fool or a knave.

— Patricia Wentworth

“I am extremely sorry to disturb you. I hope that you had not retired?" "I'm putting it off as long as possible. I don't…

— Patricia Wentworth

Any road is bound to arrive somewhere if you follow it far enough

— Patricia Wentworth

A lie that is half a truth is ever the hardest to fight.

— Patricia Wentworth

Mary Stuart wrote, 'My end is in my beginning.' It is easier to agree with her than to decide what is the beginning, and…

— Patricia Wentworth

“Henry, for heaven's sake! You can't propose when I'm fainting!”

— Patricia Wentworth

When you've just made the most complete fool of yourself, you feel the need of a specially high horse to ride.

— Patricia Wentworth

Husbands and wives quarrel a lot more than anyone thinks, and it's oftener about little things than big ones.

— Patricia Wentworth

My dear father always said that when everybody had a telephone nobody would have any manners, because there wouldn't be time for them. And…

— Patricia Wentworth

There is a country proverb which says, 'If you don't trouble trouble - trouble won't trouble you.

— Patricia Wentworth