[Per Alexander Pope (1734):] Vice is a monster of so frightful mien/As to be hated, needs but to be seen/But seen too oft, familiar with her face/We first endure, then pity, then embrace. ... I began as Snow White but I drifted.
Mae West
Related Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, ... ALEXANDER POPE For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen. JOHN DRYDEN I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. MAE WEST I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted. MAE WEST We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I was Snow White but I drifted. MAE WEST Nothing is ever as good or as bad as it appears to be. JEFFREY FRY 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON Why bother with a cunning plan when a simple one will do? TERRY PRATCHETT Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action. CRAIG GROESCHEL If I go outside, I will be prepared but you inside and outside will stuck again and again without a ... DEYTH BANGER Because you might just get there and turn around and want to leave again. I'm not going to ping-pong... BUT APRIL I want to make sure it is out of there for good. Whatever it is, there is a shark floating in there ... BUT BURNETT Something wasn't right. It's pretty frustrating. I feel about two inches tall. BUT BURNETT Well? I mean, I know fatherhood isn't your strong suit, but I thought maybe you'd evolved a little s... BUT APRIL Last time I heard, she was still pregnant, and you were still in the running for daddy. BUT APRIL Petty deviance is encouraged JKRAK First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and... WILLIAM JAMES The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER I can't be perfect for you, but you are perfect for me. ANTHONY T. HINCKS Girls are always complaining that they can never meet a nice guy. Nice guys are everywhere. The prob... CARROLL BRYANT But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen. JOHN TRUMBULL PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I ... BIBLE But I can please God CRAIG GROESCHEL Gin began to be seen as sort of a passé drink. RICHARD BRANDES If Adele's seen as boring, then I'm happy to be boring as well. ED SHEERAN White." He spoke with conviction and I knew he'd seen. "A thousand shades of white, from mist to sno... DEBORAH COOKE For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then shall I k... BIBLE We, the one's who are challenged, need to be heard. To be seen not as a disability, but as a person ... ROBERT M. HENSEL Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affectio... EARTHA KITT I stand before her, meeting her eye to eye and nose to nose. My head takes a slight bow as I clench ... CAMERON JACE Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice CHINESE PROVERBS I can't wait to be seen as a woman. But I know I probably have to contribute to that with behavi... SIENNA MILLER We both know... that soon everything is going to end... ... This chat will be in the... DEYTH BANGER But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is... LESLIE MARMON SILKO We moved the ball well, but it was not as clean as I'd like to have seen it. We'll have to be better... SCOTT HODKINSON If you establish a deprived state first, then any kind of nice thing that you do is going to be seen... DR. ROLF JACOB Michelle has had to grapple with Hilary Clinton's legacy as First Lady... Michelle Obama never w... JODI KANTOR At the beginning of the season, Jordan was full of fire and real quick, but then she started having ... CHRIS BRATTON I wanted so badly to be seen, yet my pride prevented me from obviously asking to be seen. I did not ... MAGENTA PERIWINKLE We tried to fight it when it first began, but we were a village then, and a village cannot be bound ... BRIAN FOOR Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from... DONNA QUESADA I could smack her, punch her in the face, but then I see what she can't hide from me. I've seen it b... MARY BETH MILLER We like the things for West Bengal, but the budget should be seen from a national perspective. ANIL BISWAS We need to find ways to elevate the expectations, particularly of those individuals who may start of... BEN CARSON The orb shone bright, but darkness had come to Eden and Carys didn’t know is there was any light t... JOELLE CHARBONNEAU Then they have the audacity to go shopping and pick out their own gifts. I want to know who the firs... CHELSEA HANDLER We could have been happy. I know that, and it is perhaps the hardest thing to know. ALLY CONDIE Sometimes I wonder how many others you're texting while you're texting me. ABDUL'RAUF HASHMI When boys get mad its not so bad When girls get mad world WW3 is about to start! P.C. CAST NOTHING TO DO BUT ALWAYS BUSY RIGAS .... I was telling you... but you don't listen to me.... DEYTH BANGER There’s nothing worse than not being wanted JENNIFER PROBST What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was t... MITCH ALBOM There was something familiar but strange about her - Snow White with a suntan. Cinderella in biker b... ALLYSE NEAR Snow White one, Snow White two, Sorrow is coming out for you. Snow White three, Snow White... CAMERON JACE Just as it is known That an image of one's face is seen Depending on a mirror But doe... NāGāRJUNA One whom it is easier to hate, but still easier to quote--Alexander Pope. AUGUSTINE BIRRELL But at the very least, with Yucaipa's critical support, we should be seen as an attractive partner. LINDA FOLEY I can't be sure that it was the first one, ... but we haven't seen any kind of rash. ANN JENNINGS if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up. MARILYN MONROE If the patient was seen once for medication, that would be covered, ... But as soon as you get to th... FRED EASTMAN If the patient was seen once for medication, that would be covered. But as soon as you get to the po... FRED EASTMAN That's a pretty story,' said Afanasievna as she let go of Ansky's genitals. 'A pity I'm too old and ... ROBERTO BOLAñO There have been studies showing that gay couples, because of their role in society and because they ... BRAD LUNA Please do not treat Indonesia as some satellite country that America can push around. Because if Ame... DEWI ANWAR Please do not treat Indonesia as some satellite country that America can push around. Because if Ame... DEWI FORTUNA ANWAR Haven sighed. Then shrugged. "He's the best man I know, but he believes himself to be the worst. He ... RONIE KENDIG If the movie is good then great, but if it's not then God, I feel so bad for that person with th... KRISTEN STEWART Her heart had grown so familiar to the pain of life without him, that to respond now seemed too larg... COCO J. GINGER Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so,
Not for thy faults, but mine. LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing. MAE WEST For any man with half an eye,
What stands before him may espy;
But optics sharp it needs I wee... JOHN TRUMBULL Everything has gone well so far, but as we saw tonight, it's a one-game showdown of 60 minutes. I ex... JAYNA HEFFORD One of the big concerns is that businesses will start to gear up too quickly in anticipation of a re... FRANK BADILLO I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confide... BALTASAR KORMAKUR And that was it; it was so easy for her. My own memories did not even belong to me. But I knew she w... SARAH DESSEN We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The thing that's so amazing is to see things that are so unnatural in snow. We've all seen snow, som... KATHRYN CHILDERS I don't reveal to her that I love her. I keep poker faced. She might as well be looking at a cantalo... KURT VONNEGUT Have you seen but a bright lily grow, / Before rude hands have touched it? / Have you marked but the... BEN JONSON As a little girl, I really hated pink, for instance, and I didn't like wearing dresses. I didn... ERIKA CHRISTENSEN If women talk in ways expected of them or project a feminine demeanor, it's seen as weak. But if... DEBORAH TANNEN Dr. Kaunda, although he was running a one-party state, was very close to the West, and that is why h... MICHAEL SATA I shiver, thinking about how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-- to see one tiny part of t... LAUREN OLIVER I feel sorry and for the both characters the drama for the girl, which was unknown was one very big,... DEYTH BANGER Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a go... WARREN BUFFETT I have seen a peaceful expression turn to anger as fast as a whip cracks, and so the look on the fac... ERICA EISDORFER When I was a teenager I hated having Bloomberg as a last name and being seen simply as someone's... GEORGINA BLOOMBERG Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My eyes hurt... but there is something more... I can't stop listening to horror.... now I am going t... DEYTH BANGER We've seen and caught sharks before, but never experienced or seen anything like it. It was a monste... MARK LANE I called to the other men that the sky was clearing, and then a moment later I realized that what I ... ERNEST SHACKLETON I think you've seen Aslan," said Edmund. "Aslan!" said Eustace. "I've heard that name mentioned... C.S. LEWIS I had seen the world as either white or black. It is only when I read the pages of her diary th... SANHITA BARUAH When I started, there was a very strong image of what the ballerina was supposed to be in her tights... DARCEY BUSSELL Just … isn’t giving up allowed sometimes? Isn’t it okay to say, ‘This really hurts, so I’m... RAINBOW ROWELL
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She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. MAE WEST I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you. MAE WEST Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you. MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. MAE WEST Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain. MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office. MAE WEST I never loved another person the way I loved myself. MAE WEST A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in. MAE WEST It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men. MAE WEST When women go wrong, men go right after them. -Mae West. MAE WEST Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up. MAE WEST So many men, so little time. MAE WEST Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings. MAE WEST When women go wrong, men go right after them. MAE WEST It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean. MAE WEST I believe that it's better to be looked over than it is to be overlooked. MAE WEST Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes. MAE WEST I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure. MAE WEST Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. MAE WEST He who hesitates is last. MAE WEST Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from. MAE WEST Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. MAE WEST Sex is an emotion in motion. MAE WEST Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. MAE WEST His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork. MAE WEST I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it. MAE WEST He who hesitates is a damned fool. MAE WEST Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. MAE WEST I'm single because I was born that way. MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men; domestic and foreign. MAE WEST I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without. MAE WEST A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him with two dollars, that's subtraction. MAE WEST My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,... MAE WEST When you get the personality, you don't need the nudity. MAE WEST It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. MAE WEST Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now ju... MAE WEST When I have to choose between two evils, I always try to pick the one I haven't tried before. MAE WEST Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie. MAE WEST You can say what you like about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins. MAE WEST It is better to be looked over than overlooked. MAE WEST My advice to those who think they have to take off their clothes to be a star is, once you're boned,... MAE WEST There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out. MAE WEST Keep a diary, and someday it'll keep you. MAE WEST The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. MAE WEST I wrote the story myself. It's about a girl who lost her reputation and never missed it. MAE WEST I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed it. MAE WEST You're never too old to become younger MAE WEST Nobody dies from lack of sex. It's lack of love we die from. MAE WEST Sex is an emotion in motion MAE WEST It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. MAE WEST Opportunity knocks for every man, but you have to give a woman a ring. MAE WEST I speak two languages, Body and English. MAE WEST You are doing your best only when you are trying to improve what you are doing MAE WEST The best way to behave is to misbehave. MAE WEST The best way to hold a man is in your arms. MAE WEST You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest. MAE WEST A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love. MAE WEST When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. MAE WEST You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, ... MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine MAE WEST An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. MAE WEST There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out. MAE WEST Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often. MAE WEST I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. MAE WEST Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different. MAE WEST Men are easy to get but hard to keep. MAE WEST Few men know how to kiss well. Fortunately, I've always had time to teach them. MAE WEST Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss. MAE WEST I have always felt a gift diamond shines so much better than one you buy for yourself MAE WEST It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it. MAE WEST When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before. MAE WEST Dating should be less about matching outward circumstances than meeting your inner necessity. MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet. MAE WEST Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried. MAE WEST When I'm good, I'm very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. MAE WEST Say what you want about long dresses, but they cover a multitude of shins. MAE WEST All discarded lovers should be given a second chance, but with somebody else. MAE WEST Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right no... MAE WEST Sex is emotion in motion. MAE WEST A man's kiss is his signature. MAE WEST Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit ... MAE WEST Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. MAE WEST I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. MAE WEST I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond. MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be taxing. MAE WEST She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong. MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be wonderful! MAE WEST You are never too old to become younger! MAE WEST Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. MAE WEST If I asked for a cup of coffee, someone would search for the double meaning. MAE WEST A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him. MAE WEST When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. MAE WEST I used to be Snow White -- but I drifted. MAE WEST A man in the house is worth two on the street. MAE WEST I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them. MAE WEST A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up. MAE WEST I have found men who didn't know how to kiss. I've always found time to teach them. MAE WEST Love thy neighbor - and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much eas... MAE WEST Women with pasts interest men... they hope history will repeat itself. MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. MAE WEST Saving love doesn't bring any interest. MAE WEST 'Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortun... MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no sales at the box office. MAE WEST You're never too old to become younger. MAE WEST Too much of a good thing is wonderful. MAE WEST Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile. MAE WEST I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. MAE WEST Love isn't an emotion or an instinct--it's an art. MAE WEST I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action. MAE WEST It takes two to get one in trouble. MAE WEST An orgasm a day keeps the doctor away MAE WEST Women with "pasts" interest men because men hope that history will repeat itself. MAE WEST Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired. MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but has no sale at the box office. MAE WEST His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork MAE WEST Women like a man with a past, but they prefer a man with a present. MAE WEST Love thy neighbor -- and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much ea... MAE WEST It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts. MAE WEST A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up. MAE WEST Too much of a good thing can be wonderful. MAE WEST Cultivate your curves--they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided. MAE WEST Look your best--who said love is blind? MAE WEST You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles... MAE WEST I like a man who's good, but not too good--for the good die young, and I hate a dead one. MAE WEST Oh, Miss West, I've heard so much about you. Mae West: Yeah, honey, but you can't prove a thing. MAE WEST To err is human, but it feels divine. MAE WEST A man has more character in his face at forty than at twenty--he has suffered longer. MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported. MAE WEST I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. MAE WEST I've been in more laps than a napkin. MAE WEST Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution. MAE WEST It's not the men in your life that matters, it's the life in your men. MAE WEST To err is human - but it feels divine. MAE WEST It's all right for a perfect stranger to kiss your hand as long as he's perfect. MAE WEST Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else MAE WEST Love conquers all things except poverty and a toothache. MAE WEST Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. -Mae West. MAE WEST It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. MAE WEST Flattery will get you everywhere. MAE WEST Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache. MAE WEST Don't keep a man guessing too long - he's sure to find the answer somewhere else. MAE WEST The best way to find your perfect match is to meet love halfway. MAE WEST Don't marry a man to reform him--that's what reform schools are for. MAE WEST When I'm good I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better. MAE WEST Girls, give all your gentlemen friends an even break, even if you have to break them in the attempt. MAE WEST I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit. MAE WEST Love thy neighbor--and if he happens to be tall, debonair and devastating, it will be that much easi... MAE WEST Some women pick men to marry--and others pick them to pieces. MAE WEST I've been in more laps than a napkin. MAE WEST Too many girls follow the line of least resistance--but a good line is hard to resist. MAE WEST There are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. MAE WEST Loves conquers all things except poverty and toothache. MAE WEST It isn't what I do, but how I do it. It isn't what I say, but how I say it, and how I look when I do... MAE WEST I don't know a lot about politics, but I can recognise a good party man when I see one MAE WEST Personally, I like two types of men--domestic and foreign. MAE WEST He's the kind of man who picks his friends...to pieces. MAE WEST When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before MAE WEST You ain't no oil paintin' but you are a fascinatin' monster. MAE WEST I was Snow White but I drifted. MAE WEST [Nov. 30-Dec. 10:] Dirty Blonde ... I made myself platinum, but I was born a dirty blonde. MAE WEST Women want certain things in marriage--the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury. MAE WEST Some men are all right in their place--if they only knew the right places! MAE WEST Success is a two-bladed golden sword; it knights one and stabs one at the same time. MAE WEST (During a trial in which she was accused of indecency on stage)Judge: 'Miss West, are you trying to ... MAE WEST Men? Sure, I've known lots of them. But I never found one I liked well enough to marry. Besides, I'v... MAE WEST Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The non professional volunteer world is ... MAE WEST Life's just a merry-go-round. Come on up. You might get a brass ring. MAE WEST Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them. MAE WEST One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it. MAE WEST Ohhhhh! I feel like a million but, I'll take'em one at a time! MAE WEST I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately. Mae West, You must be awful tired. MAE WEST I'd give half my life for just one kiss. Mae West: Then kiss me twice. MAE WEST I only like two kinds of men: domestic and foreign. MAE WEST I believe in the single standard for men and women. MAE WEST I believe in censorship. After all, I made a fortune out of it. MAE WEST Virtue has its own reward, but no box office. MAE WEST A man has one hundred dollars and you leave him two--that's subtraction. MAE WEST I'm tired, send one of them home MAE WEST Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you. MAE WEST Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for. MAE WEST Whenever I have to choose between two evils, I always like to try the one I haven't tried before. MAE WEST I can always tell a lady when I see one. Yeah? What do you tell 'em? MAE WEST I always say, keep a diary, and some day it'll keep you. MAE WEST No gold-digging for me... I take diamonds! We may be off the gold standard someday. MAE WEST A man in the house is worth two in the street. MAE WEST I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them. MAE WEST Don't come crawlin' to a man for love--he likes to get a run for his money. MAE WEST A man's kiss is his signature. MAE WEST Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? MAE WEST I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better. MAE WEST I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond. MAE WEST The score never interested me, only the game. MAE WEST The curve is more powerful than the sword. MAE WEST Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain. MAE WEST Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly. MAE WEST He who hesitates is last MAE WEST Experience is by far the best teacher. You know, ever since I was a little girl I knew that if you l... MAE WEST I take it out in the open and laugh at it. MAE WEST