Rueful Quotes

13 Rueful quotes by 11 unique authors

Social Science, is not a 'gay science' but rueful, which finds the secret of this universe in 'supply and demand' and reduces the duty of… — Thomas Carlyle
Reckless youth makes rueful age. — Benjamin Franklin
Sweet Mercy! to the gates of heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven; The rueful conflict, the heart riven With vain endeavour, And memory of… — William Wordsworth
Already known as one of America’s best and wittiest poets, William Trowbridge has, in Ship of Fool, found the perfect vessel to convey his vision:… — Charles Harper Webb
Rueful, bittersweet, funny, written with tenderness and bite, Merrill Feitell's stories, like so many classic short stories, are made from the plain and painful stuff… — Michael Chabon
In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair. — Robert Harris
I knew that I shouldn’t have, but I did it all the same; and there you have my epitaph, or one of them, because my… — Michael Chabon
Of four infernal rivers that disgorge/ Into the burning Lake their baleful streams;/Abhorred Styx the flood of deadly hate,/Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep;/Cocytus,… — John Milton
What?" I asked uneasily. "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, the smile rueful now. "Because sometimes, a person can… — Richelle Mead
Abe's face came back into focus. "Greetings, Zmey," I said weakly. Somehow, him being here didn't surprise me. "Nice of you to slither on in."… — Richelle Mead
I see. So you playacted the role of a rake who was only pretending to be in earnest, knowing you would come across as though… — Gaelen Foley
I leaned back in my chair, stretching luxuriantly, delibrately letting my jacket fall open. Predictably, his eyes moved down my body-some things outlast even the… — Karen Chance
Marylou was watching Dean as she had watched him clear across the country and back, out of the corner of her eye--with a sullen, sad… — Jack Kerouac

Who Wrote These Rueful Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 13 Rueful Quotes as follows: