Quotes with delicacy

  • A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?
  • What an antithetical mind! - tenderness, roughness - delicacy, coarseness - sentiment, sensuality - soaring and groveling, dirt and deity - all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
  • There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter.

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  • Jonathan Swift A footman may swear; but he cannot swear like a lord. He can swear as often: but can he swear with equal delicacy, propriety, and judgment?
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Achille Poincelot Delicacy is the coquetry of truth; fastidiousness is the prudery of falsehood.
    Achille Poincelot
    French aphorism writer
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  • William Hazlitt If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Many of the phenomena of Winter are suggestive of an inexpressible tenderness and fragile delicacy. We are accustomed to hear this king described as a rude and boisterous tyrant; but with the gentleness of a lover he adorns the tresses of Summer.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Bobby Moynihan My mom makes something called green pie, which I thought was a delicacy that many people only had at Thanksgiving, but it turns out it was just Jell-O with whipped cream on it. And it's delicious.
    Bobby Moynihan
    American actor, comedian, and writer (1977 - )
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  • Jean Genet There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter.
    Jean Genet
    French playwright and author (1910 - 1986)
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  • Lord George Byron What an antithetical mind! - tenderness, roughness - delicacy, coarseness - sentiment, sensuality - soaring and groveling, dirt and deity - all mixed up in that one compound of inspired clay!
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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