#seldom

But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#dispositions #efficacy #except #happy #instruction

The man who occupies the first place seldom plays the principal part. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#man #occupies #part #place #plays

The reason I turn down 99% of a hundred, I mean a thousand, scripts is because romantic comedies are often very romantic but seldom very funny. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#comedies #down #funny #hundred #i

A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. ↗

— George Gurdjieff

#continually #even #half #hour #long

Anger is seldom without argument but seldom with a good one. ↗

— Lord Halifax

#argument #good #seldom #without

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists. ↗

— Jenny Holzer

#artists #detest #i #other #otherwise

I don't consider myself qualified to do a movie about international intrigue - I seldom leave the country. ↗

— John Hughes

#consider #country #i #international #intrigue

You very seldom see a picture where you watch the process of falling in love. ↗

— Alfre Woodard

#falling in love #love #picture #process #see

Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#clever #joke #noted #philistine #pleased

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#commonly #considering #fatherless #fathers #general