Admiration Quote by William Congreve Download Open image “Women are like tricks by sleight of hand, Which, to admire, we should not understand” — William Congreve ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admiration Admire Hands Should Sleight of hand Tricks Understanding
Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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Women know what they're doing all the time, and they're pretending that they don't. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
Women are like a pot of water that will be vulnerable to foreign hands are dirty, and men are like snowflakes,Some of the men… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Women can accept the fact that a man is a rotter, a swindler, a drug taker, a confirmed liar, and a general swine, without… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
. . . woman is a being dominated by the creative urge and . . . no understanding of her as an individual can… — Beatrice M. Hinkle Copy Share Image
Women can feel inspired by the story. People who haven't been traditionally given a chance to use their skills or shine are given a… — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
Women are constituted in such a way that all truth (regarding men, love, children, society, the purpose of life) disgusts them, and in such… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Mr Witwould: "Pray, madam, do you pin up your hair with all your letters? I find I must keep copies." Mrs Millamant: "Only with… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing, through the overtaking and possessing of a wish discovers the folly… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
“One no more owes one's beauty to a lover than one's wit to an echo” — william congreve Copy Share Image
I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Marriage is honourable, as you say; and if so, wherefore should Cuckoldom be a Discredit, being deriv'd from so honourable a Root? — William Congreve Copy Share Image
A wit should no more be sincere, than a woman constant; one argues a decay of parts, as to other of beauty. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
There is in true Beauty, as in Courage, somewhat which narrow Souls cannot dare to admire. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
I am a fool, I know it; and yet, Heaven help me, I'm poor enough to be a wit. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh ... 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion! — William Congreve Copy Share Image
Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go… — William Congreve Copy Share Image
I have tremendous admiration for companies with the kind of pioneering spirit and innovation eBay has demonstrated from day one. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
The older you've gotten, the more respect and admiration you've received. — Jupp Heynckes Copy Share Image
I still don't feel I know Hitchcock at all. I find that the more one looks, the more elusive he becomes. But my admiration… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
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... we need to interrogate "reverence," for idolization can be another way one is objectified and not really taken seriously. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
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“Let me make two remarks. First I concentrate on the task ahead for 2016. I’m quite busy with that—thank you very much. And I’m… — Claudia Clark Copy Share Image