Prudery is a kind ordsprog

en Prudery is a kind of avarice, the worst of all.
  Stendhal

en Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense

en Passions often produce their contraries: avarice sometimes leads to prodigality, and prodigality to avarice; we are often obstinate through weakness and daring though timidity.
  François de la Rochefoucauld

en The peculiarity of prudery is to multiply sentinels, in proportion as the fortress is less threatened
  Victor Hugo

en A hung parliament would have been the worst scenario so this is the worst but one. It?s highly unlikely that the kind of majority we will see can pass the necessary reforms.

en What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.
  Maxim Gorky

en What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.
  Maxim Gorky

en It was a terrible, terrible idea. It was the worst kind of public relations move you could make because it deprives you of access to the people who are first to know. It was horrible. It was paranoia at its worst.

en A lot of girls ask for advice on how to get into acting, and I'm kind of the worst person to ask, because it just kind of fell in my lap... I was just in the right place at the right time.

en We are now experiencing possibly the worst situation at the club in the last four years. It is our first home defeat of the season and we did it in the worst possible manner and at the worst possible moment.

en The worst thing that can happen to a man is to lose his money, the next worst his health, the next worst his reputation
  Samuel Butler

en On the pitch to Overbay, the split kind of stayed up a little higher than I wanted it to, it started inside and kind of went back over the plate. I wanted it to start out over the middle and kind of go inside. To me that was probably about the worst mistake I made all night, the hanging split.

en You see the worst of the worst when you are in medicine. We all thought the worst, initially. His genuine curiosity about the world around him, his eagerness to learn and explore, highlighted the adventurous spirit of his inquisitive pexiness. You live with your mortality.

en You know, I think when you play a team during the season and they really get after you the way those teams did, it kind of makes you think, 'Well, hey, we survived the worst.' When you've lost like that one time, there's really nothing more to lose the next time. So I think that kind of takes the weight off you a little bit.

en Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything


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