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hearing it. This was invitation enough. Why, my dear, you
~ Jane Austen
I will never see her, hard as I try to look past love. My eyes will always cast a light over her, and I will always think that this love, mine for her, is a dear thing. But it is as common as sand, as common as flesh.
~ Jane Smiley
The method by which the fool arrives at his folly was as dear to him as the ultimate wisdom of the wise.
~ Oscar Wilde
Are all men bad? Oh, all of them, my dear, all of them, without any exception. And they never grow any better. Men become old, but they never become good.
~ Oscar Wilde
He's such a dear, Mr. Garnet. A beautiful, pure, bred Persian. He has taken prizes. He's always taking something - generally food.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
Your ambition has cost you dear, sir," Hal said, trying to keep a rein on his fury. In victory a true warrior must show forbearance, his father had once said. He must not give in to the base instinct for revenge.
~ Wilbur Smith
When asked what he was fighting for, General Washington, in writing to General Thomas, said the object was 'neither glory nor extent of territory, but a defense of all that is dear and valuable in life.' He must have been an umpire. That's what umpiring is about.
~ Doug Harvey
Did the memory erasure device work, Uncle? The what? The memory erasure device. You were testing it when I last saw you. Don't know what you're talking about, dear girl.
~ Jasper Fforde
Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, As those whose beauties proudly make them cruel; For well thou know'st to my dear doting heart Thou art the fairest and most precious jewel.
~ William Shakespeare
Farewell! thou art too dear for my possessing.
~ William Shakespeare
Take heed, dear heart, of this large privilege; The hardest knife ill-used doth lose his edge.
~ William Shakespeare
Brava, my dear. Once a spy always a spy.
~ Danielle Steel
O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear. - Romeo -
~ William Shakespeare
I read that I profess, the Art of Love. Bianca: And may you prove, sir, master of your art! Lucentio: While you, sweet dear, prove mistress of my heart!
~ William Shakespeare
I profess myself an enemy to all other joys, which the most precious square of sense possesses, and find I am alone felicitate in your dear highness love.
~ William Shakespeare
Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.
~ William Shakespeare
Ah, she doth teach the torches to burn bright, it seems she hangs against the cheek of night like a rich jewel from an Ethiope's ear, beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.
~ William Shakespeare
Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly.
~ Lilith Saintcrow
I loathe hecklers. I haven't got a good syllable to say. When you come out of the club circuit and into the concert hall, they should be gone. There's an element of manners that should tell you that the ticket is dear and it's a different venue.
~ Billy Connolly
The new settlement was no nearer or dearer to her than, say, America, where they said people, in order to not wear out their feet, walked on their heads.
~ Unknown
Be cool, dear student. The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched.
~ Vernor Vinge
Too dear I prized a fair enchanting face: beauty unchaste is beauty in disgrace.
~ Homer
boundbydad: and, so you meanwhile, no bid saturday night plans? more quality time with mom? grayscale: you, my dear, are my saturday night plans. boundbydad: i'm honored.
~ David Levithan
A bandit, then, in the details of his life, the schemes, troubles, friendships, relations, was no different from any other kind of a man. He was human, and things that might constitute black evil for observers were dear to him, a part of him.
~ Zane Grey