Nearly Allied Quotes
- Flirtation and coquetry are so nearly allied as to be identical; both are the art of successful and pleasing deception. — Louise Colet
- There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. — Oliver Goldsmith
- Misery and shame are nearly allied. — Samuel Johnson
- Sheer necessity,-the proper parent of an art so nearly allied to invention. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- [His mind] was like a volcano, full of fire and wealth, sometimes calm, often dazzling and playful, but ever threatening. It ran swift as the… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
- For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied - whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is… — Catherine the Great
- What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed. — Anne Bronte