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I was under no illusions as to my physical attractiveness. It was not such that it would inspire propriety-overwhelming enthusiasm. — Ann Leckie

The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of action. — John Dryden

Hypocrisy seemed to be the fashionable equivalent of propriety, discretion indistinguishable from morality, and the — Loretta Chase

I'm waiting for the day when my children cease to find my domestic propriety reassuring and actually find it annoying. — Rachel Cusk

There is an aptness, a propriety, a fitness in these things which one can understand perhaps better than explain. — Anthony Trollope

She had learned propriety, which was the same as saying she had learned to trust only herself. — Kristin Cashore

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities. — Chanakya

If a man has been your teacher for a day, you should treat him as your father for the rest of his life. — Wu Cheng'en

The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended. — Holly Black

Emancipation, to be of any value to the slave, must be the free, voluntary act of the master, performed from a conviction of its propriety. — Elijah Parish Lovejoy

That only can with propriety be styled refinement which, by strengthening the intellect, purifies the manners. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Confucius himself has repeatedly taught that external appurtenances are as little a part of propriety as sounds are of music. — Inazo Nitobe

Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons. — Sathya Sai Baba

To comport oneself with perfect propriety in Polygonal society, one ought to be a Polygon oneself. — Edwin A. Abbott

Riches may enable us to confer favors, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. — Charles Caleb Colton

A novice always behaves with propriety. — Martial

She had wandered so far from the rules of propriety that she was making up new ones just to keep from sinking into the abyss. — Sabrina Jeffries

Just because I tread heavily on propriety's toes doesn't mean I can't play the game when it's of use to me. — Patrick Rothfuss

The propriety of some persons seems to consist in having improper thoughts about their neighbors. — F.H. Bradley

Brings domesticity and common sense, and that propriety which every man loves, directly into this hurly-burly, and makes every bully ashamed. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

They were paragons of conservative propriety in public, but in private they swung like pinatas. — Nicole Peeler

And like some part of himself that, two days ago, had thought pray and propriety were antidote enough to what ailed the world. — Zoe Ferraris

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like? — Confucius

Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music. — Confucius

Losing maturity in one's fiction for the sake of marvels and monsters can also mean losing propriety, and that's not always a bad thing. — Hal Duncan

Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music. — Confucius

Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety. Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive. — Lois Lowry

Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family. — Thomas Bowdler

My mother used to say that nothing limited the human spirit like propriety. — Kresley Cole

A certain class of novels may with propriety be called fables. — Richard Whately

IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. — Joseph Lancaster

I'm a gentleman, if nothing else. It's taken me years to become one, but finally I have a sense of propriety. — Eric Stoltz

If you cannot conduct yourself with propriety, give place to those who can. — Horace

Success is not worth rejoicing over, failure is not worth grieving over. — Luo Guanzhong

There's this line between propriety and how we really speak and how we really think. And I'm just trying to have fun with that stuff. — Paul Beatty

It is said that the propriety even of old Cato often yielded to the exciting influence of the grape. — Horace

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music? — Confucius

Once the demands of necessity and propriety have been met, the rest that one owns belongs to the poor. — Pope Leo XIII

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety. — Confucius

Regarding vengeance and arch-enemies, one must not only be timely but prideful, and pride exacts propriety. — Adam Levin

This indigested vomit of the Sea,Fell to the Dutch by Just Propriety. — Andrew Marvell

A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility. — Jean Cocteau

Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them. — Charles Caleb Colton

Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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

But wine was the great assassin of both tradition and propriety, and now the Alethi elite danced with abandon. — Brandon Sanderson

The pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. — Jane Austen

A deviation from propriety scarcely ever escapes punishment. — Regina Maria Roche

Conduct! Is conduct everything? One may conduct oneself excellently, and yet break one's heart. — Anthony Trollope

Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety. — Joseph Lancaster

Patience and propriety. It was the only graceful thing to do. — Patrick Rothfuss

Propriety is the least of all laws, and the most observed. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Proportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure. — Hannah More

Modern Christians should not mistake our post-Victorian sense of propriety for moral purity. — Gene Edward Veith Jr.

Northerners are exactly like their weather - cold and boring. And I swear, none of them has one iota of etiquette or propriety. — Beth Hoffman

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation. — Lawana Blackwell

Fashionable dances as now carried on are revolting to every feeling of delicacy and propriety and are fraught with the greatest danger to millions. — Horace Bushnell

Cuban-heeled stockings; not the sort of thing you could buy for another man's wife. — Ashley Warlick

There will be no propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a low mean entrance. — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Her choice ruins the lives of the people she cares most about. Because she picked propriety over passion. Head over heart. — Kody Keplinger

Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness. — Stanislaw Leszczynski

Love is taking care of oneself by freeing one's mind of worries and conducting one self with propriety. — Master Cheng Yen

The ladies of Cranford always dressed with chaste elegance and propriety ... — Elizabeth Gaskell

Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman. — Benjamin Disraeli

Because partisanship has made anything fair, which honor and propriety might once have kept quiet. — Stephanie Dray

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established — Confucius

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much. — Quintilian

A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws. — Robert A. Heinlein

It is the effect of scarcity; one's rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper. — Mohsin Hamid

The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded. — Alexander Hamilton

Propriety's never been Adrian's strong suit. — Richelle Mead

Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. — Mason Cooley

They will do; but they are not equal to him, who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who, though rich, loves the rules of propriety. — Confucius

All prejudice presents itself as piety, propriety. — Hal Duncan