#seldom

Prayers not felt by us are seldom heard by God. ↗

— Philip Henry

#god #heard #prayers #seldom #us

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#artists #detest #i #other #otherwise

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#advice #asks #before #bought #clothes

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. ↗

— A. C. Benson

#offers #people #refuse #right #right way

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#clever #joke #noted #philistine #pleased

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#commonly #considering #fatherless #fathers #general

The man who rows the boat seldom has time to rock it. ↗

— Bill Copeland

#man #rock #rows #seldom #time

A sublime faith in human imbecility has seldom led those who cherish it astray. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#cherish #faith #human #imbecility #led

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#belly #big #concealing #consequences #exposed

We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service. ↗

— Bernard de Mandeville

#call #expect #inferior #lazy #reckon