#seldom

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#executed #gentle #laws #obeyed #seldom

I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#even #i #know #like #look

A man's heart may have a secret sanctuary where only one woman may enter, but it is full of little anterooms which are seldom vacant. ↗

— Helen Rowland

#full #heart #little #man #may

It is little men know of women; their smiles and their tears alike are seldom what they seem. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#alike #know #little #little men #men

For my part, I confess I seldom listen to the players: one has so much to do, in looking about and finding out one's acquaintance, that, really, one has no time to mind the stage. One merely comes to meet one's friends, and show that one's alive. ↗

— Fanny Burney

#acquaintance #alive #comes #confess #finding

The cautious seldom err. ↗

— Confucius

#cautious #err #seldom

Very seldom do we receive any support for trusting ourselves, listening to our own sense of inner truth, and expressing ourselves in a direct and honest way. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#direct #expressing #honest #inner #listening

I very seldom worry about other systems. I concentrate pretty fully on just making Linux the best I can. ↗

— Linus Torvalds

#best #concentrate #fully #i #i can

Rich men's sons are seldom rich men's fathers. ↗

— Herbert Kaufman

#fathers #men #rich #seldom #sons

My interest in desperation lies only in that sometimes I find myself having become desperate. Very seldom do I start out that way. I can see of course that, in the abstract, thinking and all activity is rather desperate. ↗

— Willem de Kooning

#activity #become #course #desperate #desperation