Choices Quote by William Shakespeare

“Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish, her election Hath seal’d thee for herself; for thou hast…

— William Shakespeare

“Ay! Louder, Vengeance, much louder, and still she will scarcely hear thee. Louder yet, Vengeance, with a little oath or so added, and yet…

— Charles Dickens

The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.

— Emily Dickinson

Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.

— John Milton

The soul of woman must be expansive and open to all human beings, it must be quiet so that no small weak flame will…

— Edith Stein

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his maiden by her acceptance. She was heaven while he pursued her, but…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

So, when my mistress shall beseen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a queen,

— Sir Henry Wotton

England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear And reign…

— Thomas Gray

Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.

— William Shakespeare

“My aspiration to become a jurist had been laid to rest in the Graveyard of Failed Hopes, an all-female establishment.”

— Sue Monk Kidd

She succumbed to the eternal feminine passion for bargains.

— Georgette Heyer

“Everyone, he thought, must have adored her; all men assuredly must have coveted her. She seemed but the more beautiful to him for this;…

— Gustave Flaubert