It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas.
VIPessays now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.
Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.
Letter "Q" » Quips
«Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles»
Author: John Milton
(
Historian,
Poet,
Scholar)
|
Keywords:
crank,
cranked,
Cranks,
jest,
jollity,
nods,
nymph,
nymphs,
quip,
Quips,
wanton,
wile,
wiles,
wreathe,
wreathed,
youthful
«A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.»
Author: Ovid
(
Author,
Poet)
|
Keywords:
brow,
frown,
frown on,
New Idea,
quip,
Quips,
sneer,
sneered,
sneering,
sneers,
stabbed,
worried,
yawn,
yawning,
yawns
«I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(
Dramatist,
Playwright,
Poet)
|
Keywords:
churlish,
circumstance,
countercheck,
courteous,
degrees,
fifth,
fourth,
modest,
quarrelsome,
quip,
Quips,
reply,
reproof,
reproofs,
retort,
retorted,
seventh,
sixth,
valiant