Napoleon I of France (1769–1821) French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
“It was a marriage of love. He was sufficiently spoiled to be charming; she was ingenuous enough to be irresistible.”
"The Lees of Happiness"
Quoted, Tales of the Jazz Age (1922)
Context: It was a marriage of love. He was sufficiently spoiled to be charming; she was ingenuous enough to be irresistible. Like two floating logs they met in a head-on rush, caught, and sped along together.
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American novelist and screenwriter 1896–1940Related quotes
“Stop being so…"
"Charming? Attractive? Irresistible?
"I'm going with arrogant.”
Rachel Caine (1962) American writer
Source: Bitter Blood
“All charming people, I fancy, are spoiled. It is the secret of their attraction.”
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
"The Portrait of Mr. W. H.," Blackwood's Magazine, July 1889 http://books.google.com/books?id=QfczAQAAMAAJ&q=%22All+charming+people+I+fancy+are+spoiled+It+is+the+secret+of+their+attraction%22&pg=PA4#v=onepage
John Updike (1932–2009) American novelist, poet, short story writer, art critic, and literary critic
On a child doing homework near the family’s television set, in Roger’s Version (1986)
“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
As quoted in a review of A Swinger of Birches (1957) by Sydney Cox in Vermont History, Vol. 25 (1957), p. 355
1950s
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
Variant: Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.
“He loved her enough to know she was better off without him”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel
Source: Clockwork Angel
Brian Andreas (1956) American artist
Variant: Mr Right:
He loved her for almost everything she was & she decided that was enough to let him stay for a very long time.