"Wait a second."
--Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Pompadour, Marquise d'Etoiles,
mistress of Louis XV,1721-1764
(She used the final second to apply rouge to her cheeks.)
--Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson Pompadour, Marquise d'Etoiles,
mistress of Louis XV,1721-1764
(She used the final second to apply rouge to her cheeks.)
Related:
- Pardonnez-moi, monsieur."
--Marie Antoinette,
Queen of France, 1755-1793 (Approaching... - A bottle of wine, boudin rouge,
and her... - Pardonnez-moi, monsieur." (Spoken to the executioner,
after she stepped on his foot.) ~~ Marie Antoinette... - A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second;
with a husband it runs the other way. -- Honore de... - Joe sat as his dying wife's bedside.
Her voice was little more than a whisper.
"Joe, darling," she breathed, "I've got a confession... - Mother didn't make it to the hospital. I was born on the bus.
Mother was furious when she had to open her pocketbook... - I have just learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's
wife happy.
First, let her think she's having her way. And second... - We understood
Her by her sight; her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks,
and so distinctly wrought That one might almost say... - In this world, truth can wait;
she's used to it...
From the same category:
- I wish to use my body as a torch
To dissipate the darkness
To waken Love among men
And to bring Peace to Viet Nam."
-
Nhat Chi Mai, teacher, d.... - I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record.
" ~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d.... - Codeine . . . bourbon." ~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress,
d. December 12,... - What an irreparable loss!"
--Auguste Comte,
philosopher, 1798... - I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record."
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Dylan Thomas, poet, 1914...
