He wore a sprinkling of powder upon his head, as if to make himself look benevolent; but if that were his purpose,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The founders proscribed the establishment of a state religion, but they did not countenance the elimination of religion from the public square.… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The wise maketh every thing the means of advantage; and with the same countenance beholdeth he all the faces of fortune: he… — Robert Dodsley Copy Share Image
He who has calmly reconciled his life to fate, and set proud death beneath his feet, can look fortune in the face,… — Boethius 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
American people simply will not countenance being lied to by their own President. — Pierre Salinger Copy Share Image
A pleasing countenance is no slight disadvantage. [Lat., Auxilium non leve vultus habet.] — Ovid Copy Share Image
If I make dark my countenance, I shut my life from happier chance. — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance. — Benjamin Franklin 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
A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Look in the face of the person to whom you are speaking if you wish to know his real sentiments, for he… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
Hamlet is to Macbeth somewhat as the Ghost is to the Witches. Revenge, or ambition, in its inception may have a lofty,… — Harold Clarke Goddard Copy Share Image
A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. — Philip Sidney 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
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
God is a fire that warms and kindles the heart and inward parts. Hence, if we feel in our hearts the cold… — Seraphim of Sarov Copy Share Image
Criticism is not religion, and by no process can it be substituted for it. It is not the critic's eye, but the… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
“In History, stagnant waters, whether they be stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
“Since we live in a world of appearances, people are judged by what they seem to be. If the mind can't read… — Erik Pevernagie 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
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away. — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The angles even Draw strength from gazing on its glance, Though none its meaning fathom may; The world's unwither'd countenance Is bright… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
