Delicate Quotes

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Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise. — Philibert Joseph Roux
If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate… — Charles Dudley Warner
If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints. — Evelyn Underhill
A man's reputation is not in his own keeping, but lies at the mercy of the profligacy of others. Calumny requires no proof. The throwing… — William Hazlitt
Pity is often a reflection of our own evils in the ills of others. It is a delicate foresight of the troubles into which we… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
...and we have so far improved upon the custom of Adam and Eve, that we generally furnish forth our feasts with a portion of some… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken if one wishes to be able to take delicate measurements. The various objects used… — Marie Curie
Now, a living organism is nothing but a wonderful machine endowed with the most marvellous properties and set going by means of the most complex… — Claude Bernard
Culture in its higher forms is a delicate plant which depends on a complicated set of conditions and is wont to flourish only in a… — Albert Einstein
The history of human conduct does not warrant that exalted opinion of human virtue which would make it wise in a nation to commit interests… — Alexander Hamilton
In a man devoted to knowledge, pity seems almost ridiculous, like delicate hands on a cyclops. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh. — Henry Fielding
Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep! — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Ideal Love, stepped down to the level of the practical, day-to-day life, must mean the service of each to all within his or her sphere,… — Nilakanta Sri Ram
The northern ocean is beautiful, ... and beautiful the delicate intricacy of the snowflake before it melts and perishes, but such beauties are as nothing… — John Lighton Synge
Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom while discouragement often nips it at the bud. Creativity is now something… — Alex Faickney Osborn
A man who has depths in his shame meets his destiny and his delicate decisions upon paths which few ever reach . . . — Friedrich Nietzsche
She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate and finished modelling: the flow… — Walter Deverell

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