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One Quotes by Georgette Heyer
- There is nothing so mortifying as to fall in love with someone who does not share one's sentiments.
- But it is only in epic tragedies that gloom is unrelieved. In real life tragedy and comedy are so intermingled that when one is most…
- It was growing late, and though one might stand on the brink of a deep chasm of disaster, one was still obliged to dress for…
- I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to…
- No one could have called Mr. Standen quick-witted, but the possession of three sisters had considerably sharpened his instinct of self-preservation.
- Miss Grantham's sense of humour got the better of her at this point, and, tottering towards a chair, she sank into it, exclaiming in tragic…
- How very awkward places we do choose in which to propose to one another!' remarked Mr. Beaumaris
- [...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my—er—icy set-downs!”(Alverstoke)
- She stretched out her hand, saying, “Vernon! My dear, what a delightful surprise!” “What’s surprising about it?” he enquired, lifting his black brows. “Didn’t you…
- Horatia said eagerly: "Oh, you will take m-me instead?" "No," said Rule, with a faint smile. "I won't do that. But I will engage not…
- Oh, yes, she's unusual!' he said bitterly. 'She blurts our whatever may come into her head;she tumbles from one outrageous escapade into another;she's happier gromming…
- Has no one ever told you that it is the height of impropriety to kiss any gentleman, unless you have the intention of accompanying him…
- As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
- Do you know, I think that of all your idiosyncrasies that choke you give, when you are determined not to laugh, is the one that…
- Remind me one day to teach you how to achieve a sneer, Hugh. Yours is too pronounced, and thus but a grimace. It should be…
- I daresay Freddy might not be a great hand at slaying dragons- but one has not the smallest need of a man who can kill…
- It has always seemed to me that if one falls in love with any gentleman one becomes instantly blind to his faults.But I am not…
- You will allow that one's curiosity must be aroused when one learns that a lady is prepared to elope to escape from advances one had…
- Only trust me! You have fallen into a fit of despondency and there is not the least need! In fact, nothing could be more fatal,…
- The charm of your society, My Sparrow, lies in not knowing what will you say next - though one rapidly learns to fear the worst!
- Did you imagine that you would make me believe ill of Sophy with your foolish and spiteful letter!' he demanded. 'You have tried to set…
- Nevertheless, she did not weep, because, for one thing, it would have made her eyes red, and another, it would be of very little use.
More One Quotes
- In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. — Hannah Arendt
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle