Top 321 Spoil Quotes & Sayings - Page 2
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Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish, too much handling will spoil it.
Thoughts shut up want air, And spoil, like bales unopen'd to the sun.
Don't make a novel to establish a principle of political economy. You will spoil both.
Every time we give in to selfishness and say “No” to God, we spoil his loving plan for us.
In my firm, we dealt in lies. Advertising is that ... the skilful use of the truth to mislead, to spoil, to debase.
I do miss having someone to spoil, somebody that you can just sit with for a bit.
Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.
Bengali is like Urdu. If you cannot get the pronunciation right, you spoil the flavor of it all.
Feelings of anger, bitterness, and hate are negative. If I kept those inside me, they would spoil my body and my health. The are of no use.
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
Teachers should be very careful not to spoil their pupils' taste for poetry for all time by making it a task and an imposition.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
I hate when the major event of a show I watch is spoiled for me. And I'm wracked with guilt when/if I spoil something for someone else.
Yeah, well, it’s what happens when we spoil the things we love. They don’t always understand the boundaries and their ridiculous wants can get us killed if we’re not careful. (Jaden)
We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers, that too much talking might spoil the romance. But it's time to talk.
Women ought not to know their own wit, because they will still be showing it, and so spoil it.
...some people coddle their own afflictions the way others spoil small pedigreed dogs with cans of pate.
How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty.
Small okra pods have a much more attractive texture than large ones, which, when cooked, can be gloopy, stringy and totally spoil a dish.
A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women.
Conscience is like a pet: If you spoil it by too much attention it'll start yipping at the most inopportune times.
Sweet is the pleasure itself cannot spoil.
Is not true leisure one with true toil?
There are a handful of people whom money won't spoil, and we all count ourselves among them.
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.
Please don’t spoil my day; I’m miles away and, after all, I’m only sleeping.
People are saying I hold and spoil, but you don't get to win Olympic gold without a bit of power and ability.
If I get to spoil myself, I'm going to DQ. I always had it growing up, so I stick to it.
On a beautiful day like this it would be best to stay in bed so you wouldn't get up and spoil it!
I don't want to spoil the good name 'Mayaanadhi' has brought me. I am careful about selecting my next project and it's actually quite scary.
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.
I hate to spoil my own prospects, but I really don't respect the kiss-and-tell approach to public life at all, not at all.
All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.
I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.
If it were possible for me to alter any part of his plan, I could only spoil it.
A truly appreciative child will break, lose, spoil, or fondle to death any really successful gift within a matter of minutes.
That's what I do this for, to secure my family's future. I don't care about anything else. I'm able to spoil people, and that's the best thing.
I don't intentionally spoil my grandkids. It's just that correcting them often takes more energy than I have left.
It's fascinating to see how far people go to spoil their pets... It's beautiful and heartwarming. Some of it is really silly, but I think it's fantastic.
The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us.
There are three ways to spoil a public man: women, gambling, and listening to experts. The first is the pleasantest, the second is the fastest, but the third is the most certain.
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.
It wouldn't be fair to cast aspersions on an entire cultural movement based on the actions of a few. To quote my grandfather, 'One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch.'
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more then one wood.
Don't set out to teach theism from your natural history... You spoil both.
It's silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.
I spoil myself by getting massages several times every week, and it feels especially good after an intense workout.
One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavour to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage.
As there are three of us come on purpose for the game, you won't be so cantankerous as to spoil the party by sitting out.
Some people just shouldn't be disturbed in their inclinations, whether large or small. A reminder can instantly turn enthusiasm into aversion and spoil everything.
Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it.
Affection can no more spoil a child than the sun could be put out by a bucket of gasoline.
Never run after you own hat - others will be delighted to do it; why spoil their fun?
When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.
If you don't treat an ingredient and its flavors with respect - if you drown it in oil, for instance - you'll spoil it.
It's funny: I like being surprised as a reader, so it's difficult for me to spoil my own stuff.
Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.
Normally I wouldn't spoil anything because I love surprises - I don't even shake my presents at Christmas.
Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.
