A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intentions. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I do not often laugh, sir, as you may perceive by the air of my countenance; but nevertheless, I retain the privilege… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red with weeping? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
It is nothing won to admit men with an open door, and to receive them with a shut and reserved countenance. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
Were my smile not submerged in my countenance, / I should suspend it over her grave. — Else Lasker-Schuler Copy Share Image
Neither poetry, nor ambition, nor love have any alertness of countenance as they pass by me. — John Keats Copy Share Image
He who is ready to despair in solitary peril, plucks up a heart in the presence of another. In a plurality of… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The expression of a man's face is commonly a help to his thoughts, or glossary on his speech; but the countenance of… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The eye is continually influenced by what it cannot detect; nay, it is not going too far, to say that it is… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
With relish, Thomas More thus sketches Richard's character: He was close and secret, a deep dissembler, lowly of countenance, arrogant of heart,… — Richard III of England Copy Share Image
Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Thou hast evoked in me profounder spells than the evoking one, thou face! For me, thou hast uncovered one infinite, dumb, beseeching… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Nothing to me is more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new married couple;… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
A Christian fellowship lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses. I can no longer… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Did you imagine that you would make me believe ill of Sophy with your foolish and spiteful letter!' he demanded. 'You have… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
This for many people is what is most offensive about hunting—to some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
As I conceive this doctrine to be a gross misrepresentation of the character and moral government of God, and to affect many… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
To be gentle and kind, modest and truthful, to be full of faith and integrity, doing no wrong is of God; goodness… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
We ... tend to evaluate others on the basis of physical, outward appearance: their "good looks," their social status, their family pedigrees,… — Marvin J. Ashton Copy Share Image
The prospect of an early death sits differently upon each person. In some it gifts maturity far outweighing their age and experience:… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President. — Pierre Salinger Copy Share Image
Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave. — George Washington Copy Share Image
“The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.” — Cicero Copy Share Image
