Best One Word Proverbs

368 One Word quotes by 306 unique authors

There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned. On it was but one word, DRACULA. — Bram Stoker
I must always forget how one word is able to pick out another, to manner another, until I have got something I might have said...… — Anne Sexton
He managed to convey indifference, contempt, and boredom in the one word. — Charlaine Harris
When I look into your eyes, one word leaps to my mind every time: Forever. — Tina St. John
Val: Why do you go out there? Sandra: Because dead people give such good advice. Val: What advice do they give? Sandra: Just one word-… — Tennessee Williams
One word more. You look as if you thought it tainted you to be loved by me. You cannot avoid it. Nay, I, if I… — Elizabeth Gaskell
Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
...we are all a volume on the shelf of the... library, a story unto ourselves, never possibly described with one word or even very accurately… — Deb Caletti
And now I see the face of god, and I raise this god over the earth, this god whom men have sought since men came… — Ayn Rand
We stare into each other's eyes and softly kiss speaking and saying more with the movement of our lips and the tips of our fingers… — James Frey
If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness. — Confucius
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long— PEOPLE. No matter how big the idea they all stand under,… — Warren Ellis
After all the thousand times I’ve told you I love you, how could you let one word break your faith in me?...I could see it… — Stephenie Meyer
Repeat one word of what I just said and I'll cheerfully beat you to death, Mike. — Stephenie Meyer
Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding. — Tamora Pierce
The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
It's impossible for me to say one word about all that music has meant to me in my life. How, then, can I hope to… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
I used to feel so alone in the city. All those gazillions of people and then me, on the outside. Because how do you meet… — Augusten Burroughs
I understood the word 'swoon'. It felt that way, like 'sweep' and 'moon' and 'woo', all those words smashed together in one word that stood… — Judy Blundell
Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour, could make all the difference. So much hanging on just these… — Sarah Dessen
one word could change the whole world — Sarah Dessen
One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man . . — Maxim Gorky
The more one suffers, the more, I believe, has one a sense for the comic. It is only by the deepest suffering that one acquires… — Soren Kierkegaard
Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not gain anything but… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
We are not long-term beings. Not heroes of romances in many volumes. For one gesture, for one word alone, we shall make the effort. We… — Jonathan Safran Foer

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