The vivacity that augments with years is not far from folly. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age. — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories. — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the… — Mary Collyer Copy Share Image
A person who talks with equal vivacity on every subject, excites no interest in any. Repose is as necessary in conversation as… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus. — David Hume Copy Share Image
Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
Vivacity, leadership, must be had, and we are not allowed to be nice in choosing. We must fetch the pump with dirty… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Where the vivacity of the intellect and the strength of the passions exceed the development of the moral faculties the character is… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
I beg of you always to dwell upon the necessity of a thorough understanding of principles, in order to stop the vivacity… — Nicolas Malebranche Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of smiles, each having a distinct character. Some announce goodness and sweetness, others betray sarcasm, bitterness and pride;… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Mrs. Ewing was a short woman who accepted the obligation borne by so many short women to make up in vivacity what… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Their demeanor is invariably morose, sullen, clownish and repulsive. I should think there is not, on the face of the earth, a… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
PIG, n. An animal ("Porcus omnivorus") closely allied to the human race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however,… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Cunning is only the mimic of discretion, and may pass upon weak men in the same manner as vivacity is often mistaken… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing. Success depends on the extent of one's general culture. one's set of… — Henri Cartier-Bresson Copy Share Image
No one expects a Broadway musical comedy to be in the vanguard of what is bohemian, raunchy, folkloric, academic or aggressively experimental.… — Margo Jefferson Copy Share Image
Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Men of superior vivacity and wit, when they take a wrong turn, are generally worse than other men: because wit, consisting in… — Jeremiah Seed Copy Share Image
The paintings that laughed at him merrily from the walls were like nothing he had ever seen or dreamed of. Gone were… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
A problem with my novels is that they, from the start, have been infantile and incredibly childish. There are childishness, stupidity, lack… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
If children had teachers for judgment and eloquence just as they have for languages, if their memory was exercised less than their… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Profoundness, genius, spontaneity, merit, nobility, ingenuity, voice propriety, feeling, discernment, sensibility, good taste, great tone, rightness, courtliness, vivacity, boldness, style, freshness, harmony,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
In my portraits I try to avoid the fleeting expression and vivacity of a snapshot. — Bill Brandt Copy Share Image
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a certain artificial polish, a commonplace vivacity acquired by perpetually mingling in the beau monde; which, in the commerce of… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
We prefer a person with vivacity and high spirits, though bordering upon insolence, to the timid and pusillanimous; we are fonder of… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The vivacity and brightness of colors in a landscape will never bear any comparison with a landscape in nature when it is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Superstition is related to this life, religion to the next; superstition is allied to fatality, religion to virtue; it is by the… — Madame de Stael Copy Share Image
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