Famous quotes containing the word tender:
“You know that the beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being framed.”
—Plato (5th century B.C.)
“In short, Isabella, since I cannot give you my son, I offer you myself. -- Heavens! cried Isabella ... what do I hear! You, my lord! You! my father in law! the father of Conrad! the husband of the virtuous and tender Hippolita! -- I tell you, said Manfred imperiously, Hippolita is no longer my wife; I divorce her from this hour.”
—Horace Walpole (17171797)
“You have tender sensibilities for a hatchet man.”
—Robert Rossen (19081966)
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