The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing “the most”, meaning that to don a dress,… — Janet Mock Copy Share Image
The "religion of pity" to which people would like to convert us- oh, we know well enough the hysterical little men and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
The third order, called Corinthian, is an imitation of the slenderness of a maiden; for the outlines and limbs of maidens, being… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and… — Amelia Bloomer Copy Share Image
Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all the adornment… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
There is something indefinably keen and wan about her anatomy, and she has a watchful way of looking out of the corners… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
And Botany I rank with the most valuable sciences, whether we consider its subjects as furnishing the principal subsistence of life to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Isn't that the problem? That women have been swindled for centuries into substituting adornment for love, fashion (as it were) for passion? — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
All doctrines relating to the creation of the world, the government of man by superior beings, and his destiny after death, are… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and it's fruits were considered to be the adornment of… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he… — Isaac Barrow Copy Share Image
Grace is so great an adornment for a rider, and at the same time so important a means to the knowledge of… — Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere Copy Share Image
For just as some women are said to be handsome though without adornment, so this subtle manner of speech, though lacking in… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
