Gracious

Famous quotes containing the word gracious:

“The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.”
—Russell Lynes (b. 1910)

“My gracious silence, hail!
Wouldst thou have laughed had I come coffined home,
That weep’st to see me triumph?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Make gracious attempts at sanctifying Jenny,
Supply cosmetics for the ordering of her frame,
Think of her as Leda, as a goddess,
Emptying a smile on Redkey, Indiana.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)