Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
There are some people upon whom their very faults and failings sit gracefully; and there are others whose very excellencies and accomplishments… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
God only pours out his light into the mind after having subdued the rebellion of the will by an altogether heavenly gentleness… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
I stopped drinking and realised New York still has a lot of charm, but it has become so bourgeois and affluent -… — Moby Copy Share Image
Insight into character comes from listening intently to the spoken word. The physical person, their charisma, charm and dramatic flair is more… — Maximillian Degenerez Copy Share Image
I'm happy when I see a girl on the bus, or on the street, and start wondering about her. Sometimes I see… — Christophe Lemaitre Copy Share Image
It seems to me the charm of etching is the glimmering through of the white paper even in the shadows so that… — Samuel Palmer Copy Share Image
Fredrika Bimm, what do you think you're doing?" "Freaking out. Losing my mind. Thinking about snapping your husband's spine. Squashing the urge… — MaryJanice Davidson Copy Share Image
I leave you free to imagine any dialogue you please. Choose whatever may charm you. Have it, if you like, that they… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
It is an exquisite and beautiful thing in our nature, that, when the heart is touched and softened by some tranquil happiness… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
What are all these?" Clary asked. "Vials of holy water, blessed knives, steel and silver blades," Jace said, piling the weapons on… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Oh youth, youth! You don't worry about anything; you seem to possess all the treasures of the universe--even sorrow gives you pleasure,… — Ivan Turgenev Copy Share Image
I take it, sir, that you do not approve of our new society." "Approval, sir, in my opinion, demands the attainment of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Antiquity! thou wondrous charm, what art thou? that being nothing art everything? When thou wert, thou wert not antiquity - then thou… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
People nowadays talk about issues as if they're reading lines off a teleprompter. They recite what they read and echo it without… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
When there is a fountain of colours, they add charm to your life. In ignorance, emotions are a bother; in knowledge, the… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Copy Share Image
Let me tell you how the French seduce you. They are the most bloody seductive people on Earth. They are charming, they… — Anita Roddick Copy Share Image
Portrait photography never had any charms for me, so I sought my subjects from the house-tops, and finally from the hill-tops and… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
“It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein greeted me with a handshake, which, again to my surprise, is surprisingly soft considering how many people that hand had… — George Galloway Copy Share Image
Oh for a thousand tongues to sing my great Redeemer's praise, the glories of my God and King, the triumphs of his… — Charles Wesley Copy Share Image
The peculiar interest of magic squares and all lusus numerorum in general lies in the fact that they possess the charm of… — Paul Carus Copy Share Image
Art is universal. It unites mankind in common brotherhood. As a missionary of civilization, its message is both to heart and mind.… — James Jackson Jarves Copy Share Image
In the conditions of modern life the rule is absolute, the race which does not value trained intelligence is doomed. Not all… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Nature eschews regular lines; she does not shape her lines by a common model. Not one of Eve's numerous progeny in all… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
A right mind and generous affection hath more beauty and charms than all other symmetries in the world besides; and a grain… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
If there is a single factor which separates the best photographers from the wannabes it is the quantity of images which they… — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
She is a mortal danger to all men. She is beautiful without knowing it, and possesses charms that she's not even aware… — Cyrano de Bergerac Copy Share Image
The only difference between a cult and a religion is the amount of real estate they own” “Stupidity has a certain charm… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Le charme de la nouveaute , peu a' peu tombant comme un ve" t ement, laissait voir a' nu l'e ternelle monotonie… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
All the charm of the angler's life would be lost but for these hours of thought and memory. All along the brook,… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
He said his friend Victor called it a lucky charm, and that it kept him safe in Iraq." She felt her pulse… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it was the best thing… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Since I have known God in a saving manner, painting, poetry, and music have had charms unknown to me before. I have… — Henry Martyn Copy Share Image
Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
I remember that it was never that difficult for me to get a director to look up and pay attention to me.… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
“Your talents are for pointing guns and removing necklaces off ladies' necks?' 'I charm the necklaces off their necks ... Kindly make… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image