Quotes About Subtlety

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a man's last romance.

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly, with great subtlety and bliss

There were many beautiful vipers in those days and she was one of them. ("Eveline's Visitant")

Su abuela siempre le aconsejaba que no fuera demasiado explícita al formular sus deseos, porque a veces la mejor solución es una que no se le ocurriría nunca.

Others beside Jane Austen have made their Eltons, though none quite so cooly as she.

A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.

Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!

A ver short chapter with a long title, in which not very much happens.

Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.

For you, Lady Copley, Lady Agatha wishes you to have her china set, since you complimented it." Blake bit back laughter at Lady Copley's expression. She had loathed the china set, obviously, and only complimented it as part of the games. But Agatha had known how to discern the truth from the lies.

Miro una imagen y veo las cosas que no están a la vista en ese momento. No es que sea una especie de mística, simplemente veo una constelación de hechos minúsculos que son demasiado pequeños para que la gente se fije en ellos. No detecto cada elemento en concreto de la constelación, pero la impresión general está clara. El Oso. El Cazador. El Cisne.

Yep. All of it. If you want to show me into the basement first, I can take care of you from the ground up." Oh, I bet you could, Ginny thought. Top to toe too. She bit the inside of her cheek to keep a straight face and pointed down the hall.

Aí é que você se engana, Nhonhoso: eu não sou bom. Sou é muito vagaroso nas maldades.

Chama-se a isso o estratagema do relógio. O ponteiro dos segundos saltita tantas vezes que ninguém repara no seu movimento.

As Han once told me, "Stealth and subtlety work well, but for making lasting impressions, a blaster does just fine.

The life of comparison is deadly. One is always more than or less than and it is based upon a brief proof which tends to be seen as emotional but is in fact bereft of emotion. Comparison is so subtle a force it exposes itself in the guise of emotion to protect its own cunning from being seen as the judgmental emphasis it is.

The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying actions, every human being acquires the intelligence of an Einstein, the imagination of a Shakespeare, and the subtlety of a Jesuit.

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

this is exactly how Satan works, not through what seems grotesque and repulsive, but through what seduces us.

As the international relations scholar Hedley Bull noted, "mutual nuclear deterrence Ã¢â'¬Â¦ does not make nuclear war impossible, but simply renders it irrational," but then added that a rational strategist is one "who on further acquaintance reveals himself as a university professor of unusual intellectual subtlety."86

Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.

Hi, Mikey, how are you doing? Do you have any big plans for the weekend?" Mikey stood nervously in the conference room, looking back at Charlie. The eye fuck he gave him was not the most subtle. "No, Mr. Sanders, I mean, I don't know what I'm doing this weekend. I've been too busy this afternoon to really give it much thought." "Well