#frightful

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself. ↗

— George Crabbe

#cannot #die #dry #fish #fling

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful. ↗

— Queen Victoria

#frightful #nasty #object #prettiest #ugly

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ↗

— Henry Ford

#eyes #frightful #goal #obstacles #off

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behavior. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#bow #cars #celebrities #down #fame

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that's frightful behaviour. ↗

— Shirley Manson

#bow #cars #celebrities #down #fame

I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

#dangers #duty #evils #frightful #haunted

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#frightful #laughter #more #nothing #than

It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#frightful #live #nothing

The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything. ↗

— Anatole France

#charming #delicious #everything #frightful #horrible