You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Thrice happy's the wooing that's not long adoing. So much time is saved in the billing and cooing. — Richard Harris Barham Copy Share Image
“The game never changes, you must be in the secret before you are shown to the public.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
With my poems, I finally won even my mother. The longest wooing of my life. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“Florid language frequently leads to merry lovemaking when accompanied by the correct diction, syntax, and timing.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or the wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Wooing the press is an exercise roughly akin to picnicking with a tiger. You might enjoy the meal, but the tiger always… — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
It is well known that a man, when wooing a lady to be his wife, must first win over the females she… — Anna Godbersen Copy Share Image
“Rational Self was screaming, “This is crazy! Abort before she lets you down easy!” But Hopeful Tama wanted to go all in;… — Angela Armstrong Copy Share Image
Each coming together of man and wife, even if they have been mated for many years, should be a fresh adventure; each… — Marie Stopes Copy Share Image
“The vampire could woo any woman with his charisma and his charm, but he only wishes to romance her.. for eternity.” — Mr. Depravity Copy Share Image
“I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“It takes a CONSTANT flowing of gas from the cylinder to keep the fire burning under your pot. “WOOING your woman” should… — Olaotan Fawehinmi Copy Share Image
My godchild Zoe, age 6, suddenly said: "Can you describe what romance is?" I talked about wooing, and yearning, and she sighed… — Sark Copy Share Image
Voluptuous bloom and fragrance rare The summer to its rose may bring; Far sweeter to the wooing air The hidden violet of… — Bayard Taylor Copy Share Image
Heaven is not here, it's There. If we were given all we wanted here, our hearts would settle for this world rather… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is in suing long to bide: To loose good dayes, that… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
I loved taking off. In my own house, I seemed to be often looking for a place to hide - sometimes from… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
The best teachers, one hopes, don't shout at their students - because they are skilled at wooing as well as demanding the… — Tom Chatfield Copy Share Image
Alas! to seize the moment When the heart inclines to heart, And press a suit with passion, Is not a woman's part.… — William C. Bryant Copy Share Image
And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair. Wha does the utmost that he can Will whyles do mair. — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Audacity in wooing is a great virtue, but a man must measure even his virtues. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her. — Cesar Romero Copy Share Image
If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me, Why does he not come himself, and take the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
If I really wanted to have a boyfriend. I can get one. If I really wanted a girlfriend. I can get one.… — Tahj Wilson Copy Share Image
Men are always doomed to be duped, not so much by the arts of the other as by their own imagination. They… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Women are angels, wooing: Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing: That she beloved knows naught, that knows not… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Follow a shadow, it still flies you, Seem to fly, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Fair Katherine, and most fair, Will you vouchsafe to teach a soldier terms Such as will enter at a lady's ear, And… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
O subtle love! a thousand wiles thou hast, by humble suit, by service, or by hire, to win a maiden's hold,--a thing… — Torquato Tasso Copy Share Image
“I’m not the kind of man to woo anyone. I can make her scream my name to the rafters, isn’t that enough… — Amelia Hutchins Copy Share Image
Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
