The construction of temples of the Ionic order to Juno, Diana, Father Bacchus, and the other gods of that kind, will be… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Ivan and Misha is the great American Russian Novel told as Chekhov would tell it, in stories of delicacy, humanity, and insight.… — Carolyn Cooke Copy Share Image
“Violently tear off all a woman's clothes, but not with all delicacy reveal her soul, because she will be scared and, feeling… — Augusto Branco Copy Share Image
She is older than the rocks among which she sits; like the vampire, she has been dead many times, and learned the… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption… — Deborah Sampson Copy Share Image
Malta is the only country in the world where the local delicacy is the bread. — Alan Coren Copy Share Image
Orientals, and the Malays in particular, are a sensitive people: delicacy of sentiment is predominant with them. — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
Berthe Morisot was a painter full of eighteenth-century delicacy and grace; in a word, the last elegant and 'feminine' artists since Fragonard. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy. — Elton Gallegly Copy Share Image
In a bouquet of mixed roses, most people can distinguish at a glance the delicacy of a tea rose from the voluptuousness… — Mandy Aftel Copy Share Image
After 1909, Monet drastically enlarged his brushstrokes, disintegrated his images, and broke through the taming constraints and delicacy of Impressionism for good.… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We reject certain food because it is rotten. Certain food we can see is fresh. But there is this creative space between… — Sandor Katz Copy Share Image
There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If Natur has gifted a man with powers of argeyment, a man has a right to make the best of 'em, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The powerful feed ideology to the masses like fast food while they dine on that most rarefied delicacy: impunity. — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon? What maiden has not found him finer than her delicacy? What… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything,… — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
I love men, the restlessness of their corrupted souls, the way they hide their heavy, murderous hearts, their sudden delicacies and small… — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
When it comes to fashion or any high art, you have to have a combination of delicacy, along with taste. — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
Chestnuts are delicacies for princes and a lusty and masculine food for rusticks, and able to make women well-complexioned. — John Evelyn Copy Share Image
