Suitors Quotes

25 Suitors quotes by 23 unique authors

Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always… — Martial
Yet if women are so flighty, fickle, changeable, susceptible, and inconstant (as some clerks would have us believe), why is it that their suitors have… — Christine de Pizan
I settled in with The Uninvited Guests thinking I knew what kind of Edwardian pleasures were in store: the fraught dinner party in an endangered,… — Maile Meloy
I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with… — Benjamin Franklin
If you were to do a line-up of past suitors, it's definitely a very eclectic group, is all I'll say. — Sophia Myles
Opportunity cost is a huge filter in life. If you've got two suitors who are really eager to have you and one is way the… — Charlie Munger
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once, by holding out no hopes to her suitor. — Margaret of Valois
We always keep God waiting while we admit more importunate suitors. — Malcolm De Chazal
Woman's weakness, not man's merit, oftenest gains the suitor's victory. — Nicolas Chamfort
Death is a supple suitor, that wins at last. It is a stealthy wooing; conducted first by pallid innuendos and dim approach, but brave at… — Emily Dickinson
Then is courtesy a turncoat. But it is certain I am loved of all ladies, only you excepted: and I would I could find in… — William Shakespeare
It's always gratifying to share a hobby with a friend, and pining for erstwhile suitors falls into that category. In the months to come, Libby… — Patricia Marx
Felicity ignores us. She walks out to them, an apparition in white and blue velvet, her head held high as they stare in awe at… — Libba Bray
I sometimes think I prefer suitors in books rather than right in front of me. How awful, backward, cowardly, and mentally warped that will be… — Mary Ann Shaffer
I have no nostalgia for the patriarchy, please believe me. But what I have come to realize is that, when that patriarchic system was (rightfully)… — Elizabeth Gilbert
(The tree bend over. Suddenly, a hiss and a meow sounded an instant before two cats darted off across the backyard.) Look, Lanie, it’s Mr.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
As I watched Bill, waiting with apparent calm for death to come to him, I had a flash of him as I'd known him: the… — Charlaine Harris
I don't need love or a man to complete me,and someday, you'll find that true for yourself. Suitors will come and go, but you will… — Amanda Hocking
You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one. — Louisa May Alcott
IAGO: She that was ever fair and never proud, Had tongue at will and yet was never loud, Never lack'd gold and yet went never… — William Shakespeare
Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims. — Elisabeth Elliot
At least in cities where the Confederate Army established a base of operations, young women were overwhelmed by the number of prospective suitors. Thousands of… — Karen Abbott
When his eyes gazed upon her, he thought of Mona Lisa. All these suitors going by looking at beautiful objects until they came to her,… — Joseph Carlson
For my mother, against her will, is beset by suitors, own sons to the men who are greatest hereabouts. These shrink from making the journey… — Telemachos
If only the gods would give me such strength as he has to take revenge on the suitors for their overbearing oppression. They force their… — Telemachos

Who Wrote These Suitors Quotes

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