Seemly Quotes
13 quotes by 13 authors
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It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.
— Horace
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It is in this mutual dependence of the functions and the aid which they reciprocally lend one another that are founded the laws which determine…
— Georges Cuvier
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Modesty means to be free from undue familiarity, from indecency, from lewdness, pure in thought and conduct. Speaking of modest apparel, it means decent, seemly.…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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I do not say correct or savory. I do not say seemly or even natural. I say serious. Sensationally serious. Unspeakably serious. Solemnly, recklessly, blissfully…
— Philip Roth
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Far more seemly to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
— John Lyly
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The [Jewish] Sabbath was not intended to be simply a desert of prohibitions, but rather an oasis for moral restoration and seemly pleasure-one was to…
— Israel Shenker
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I must be free... free to do what I like, say what I like, write what I like, within the limits prescribed for me by…
— Thomas Edward Brown
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To get a big hit single you've got to go a bit dance. You've got to go a bit Britney. I don't think I can…
— Paul McCartney
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The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.
— Bahá'u'lláh
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So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I had made. Setting…
— Patrick Rothfuss
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It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair.
— Homer
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Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord.
— Bible
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:)So Micayla didn't quite understand the meaning of the word paradox, so like most things I struggle to understand or make sense of I draw…
— Micayla Ludick Basson
Who Wrote These Seemly Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 13 Seemly Quotes as follows: