Blushing is the colour of virtue.

“In Western tradition, white is beautiful because it is the colour of virtue. This remarkable equation relates to a particular definition of goodness. All…

— Richard Dyer

Courage, my boy! that is the complexion of virtue.

— Diogenes Laertius

“Have ye beheld (with much delight) A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Centre placed?…

— Robert Herrick

There's kind of this unequaled thrill of playing a half-finished song, it's kind of sense of slight embarrassment; like you're blushing. I like doing…

— Andrew Bird

“Careful,” he said. “If you keep blushing like that I may do more than just draw you.”

— Nenia Campbell

“...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly.”

— Seneca

The gentle wind, a sweet and passionate wooer, Kisses the blushing leaf.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Your blush confirms my suspicions. See, I am learning how to use your methods to perform interrogations.”

— Byrd Nash

Love your country. Your country is the land where your parents sleep, where is spoken that language in which the chosen of your heart,…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward: a man cannot steal but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear but…

— William Shakespeare

“Why couldn't he feel things in secret like other people?”

— Juliette Rose Kerr

“Miss Clerricot blushes most charmingly and raises a hand to cover a portion of her countenance. It is a shame, this ill-feeling that exists…

— William Trevor

“Ô, Wanderess, Wanderess When did you feel your most euphoric kiss? Was I the source of your greatest bliss?”

— Roman Payne

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and…

— Jerome K. Jerome

Sophos turned red, and I wondered about the circulation of his blood; maybe his body kept an extra supply of it in his head,…

— Megan Whalen Turner