"Would-be" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the admirers of "Faustine," whom Faustina would have picked up between her thumb and finger, and eyed with serene contempt before throwing them out of the window. A future age will have for these would-be wickeds, who are only monks half turned inside out, more laughter than we now indulge ...
— The Gypsies • Charles G. Leland
... his toes well wedged into the side, the would-be fugitive raised one arm and began feeling about in the mats above him, ...
— Trapped by Malays - A Tale of Bayonet and Kris • George Manville Fenn
... [205] Some would-be knowing critics inform us that "Dastar-khwan" literally signifies the "turband of the table"!!! How they manage to make such a meaning out of it is beyond ordinary research; and when done, it makes nonsense. They forget that the Orientals never made use of tables in the good old times. ...
— Bagh O Bahar, Or Tales of the Four Darweshes • Mir Amman of Dihli
... never anywhere in bad weather. These flowers of Paris, blooming only in Oriental weather, perfume the highways; and after five o'clock fold up like morning-glory flowers. The women you will see later, looking a little like them, are would-be ladies; while the fair Unknown, your Beatrice of a day, is a ...
— Another Study of Woman • Honore de Balzac
... bring you in more than enough to pay off your debt, principal and interest, is a profitable enterprise. It shows business sagacity and courage, and is not a thing to be ashamed of. But it cannot be too much emphasized that the would-be borrower must calculate very carefully and be sure that it is a productive enterprise before he goes into debt. [Footnote: T. N. Carver, "How to ...
— Community Civics and Rural Life • Arthur W. Dunn
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