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
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I was not born under a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo to in festival terms. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Someone criticized an elderly man for wooing young women. He replied that that was the only way to rejuvenation, which was, afterall,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 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
“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
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
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
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
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
Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
The wooing of the Earth thus implies much more than converting the wilderness into humanized environments. It means also preserving natural environments… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
“Well, to be honest, I was planning to woo you with my banana nut bread, but that shit ain’t happening now. So… — J. Lynn 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
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
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
Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean. Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If she’s out here and not locked up in the barracks, I’ll know,” he said. He took a deep breath and whistled.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“No: I shall not marry Samuel Fawthrop Wynne." "I ask why? I must have a reason. In all respects he is more… — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
“There are many fish in the sea, but never let a good one swim away.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
I have gone wooing to several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any of them. — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
You must not contrast too strongly the hours of courtship with the years of possession. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
Long distance is the next best thing to being there. But a dove in love would rather reach out and touch someone.… — Charley Harper Copy Share Image
Tis an old lesson; time approves it true, And those who know it best, deplore it most; When all is won that… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“If this was how Rishi Patel showed his interest in her, if this was him wooing her, she wanted more. More, more,… — Sandhya Menon Copy Share Image
“Winning her would be like coaxing a butterfly to land on his hand. Patience, gentleness, and perhaps a prayer or two would… — Mary Jo Putney Copy Share Image
“He was wooing me. And I was letting him woo. I wanted the woo. I deserved the woo. I needed the wow… — Alice Clayton Copy Share Image
Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still… — Coventry Patmore 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
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
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
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
