#seldom

Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. ↗

— Jean Rhys

#arrives #jerks #more #often #quickly

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#grow #human #human mind #mind #most

I will interview bigwigs if I get the chance, but you are seldom surprised by people in power - you've got to get awfully damn close to get anything new. ↗

— Joe Sacco

#awfully #chance #close #damn #get

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. ↗

— W. H. Auden

#him #makes #often #proud #seldom

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#least #like #most #need #seldom

The master class seldom lose a chance to insult a woman who has the ability for something besides service to his lordship. ↗

— Caroline Nichols Churchill

#besides #chance #class #his #insult

The laughter of the aphorism is sometimes triumphant, but seldom carefree. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#carefree #laughter #seldom #sometimes #triumphant

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

#although #away #carry #department #difficulty

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#best #best way #dealt #eyes #honorable

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#human #human imagination #imagination #measure #realities