Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
Civilization is social order promoting cultural creation. Four elements constitute it: economic provision, political organization, moral tradition, and the pursuit of knowledge… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
Art is never decoration, embellishment; instead, it is work of enlightenment. Art, in other words, is a technique for acquiring liberty. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
And, moreover, it is art in its most general and comprehensive form that is here discussed, for the dialogue embraces everything connected… — Friedrich Schleiermacher Copy Share Image
If, when we compare two versions of a story, the second known to be a retelling of the first, and find that… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
When we sit down to meditate, we connect with something unconditional - a state of mind, a basic environment that does not… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. "It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When you're just singing a beautiful melody with a story that's true to the heart, you don't need a lot of embellishment. — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
We don't wear sequins because we think we're great. We wear them because we think sequins are great. — Gram Parsons Copy Share Image
You don't need candlelight and fireside glow to make Christmas happen. Trees, ornaments, gifts, and all of it are splendid embellishments. Not… — Jack W. Hayford Copy Share Image
Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it.… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Uncommon expressions are a disfigurement rather than an embellishment of discourse. — David Hume Copy Share Image
I'm an artist. Gardening is my graffiti. I grow my art. I use the garden soil like it's a piece of cloth,… — Ron Finley Copy Share Image
Among the numerous requisites that must concur to complete an author, few are of more importance than an early entrance into the… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
...he had long decided that abundant laughter should be the embellishment of the remainder of his days. — Henry James Copy Share Image
Embellishment is an irresistible and consuming impulse, going back to the beginnings of human history. ... Probably the strongest motivating force is… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
At a distance from the theater of action, truth is not always related without embellishment. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
