13 Propriety Quotes for You to Enjoy

I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution. James Madison

Alone Constitution Nation Sense Entirely Propriety Accepted Concur Legitimate Which

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

Too Much Too Laugh Purchased Costs Propriety Expense Much

A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned. Xun Kuang

Beautiful Eyes Will Ears Way Sights Abandoned Immorality Born Restriction Gives Ritual Lead He Propriety Liking Him Principles Sounds Person Any Lack Them Desires

I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle. Eric Clapton

The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising of the sun; and if all the shepherds in the Forest had been there to have assisted him, they could not have effected it with greater propriety. James Hogg

Sun Charge Entirely Rising Could Had Propriety Until Him Himself Greater Shepherds Been Effected Left Forest Midnight Assisted

I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. Jane Austen

Propriety Employment Does Always Am Afraid

I do not mean that you could continue to do this with propriety or even with safety; I merely assert that the power is, in point of fact, in your hands. And for such a power, what a responsibility to God and man! Jay Alan Sekulow

God You Man Safety Responsibility Power Fact Point Could Propriety Merely Continue Hands Mean Your Even Assert

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

Great Those Worthy Propriety Schools Female List Patronage Public Might

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

Family Those Propriety Aloud Read Which Expressions

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