Proprieties Quotes

5 quotes by 5 authors

• For proverbs are the pith, the proprieties, the proofs, the purities, the elegancies, as the commonest so the commendablest phrases of a language. To use… — John Florio
• It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that… — John Dryden
• The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within… — Aberjhani
• I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore,… — Fatty Arbuckle
• And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties. — James Stockdale

Who Wrote These Proprieties Quotes

5 authors contributed a total of 5 Proprieties Quotes as follows:

• 1 Proprieties Quote by John Florio
• 1 Proprieties Quote by John Dryden
• 1 Proprieties Quote by Aberjhani
• 1 Proprieties Quote by Fatty Arbuckle
• 1 Proprieties Quote by James Stockdale