So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It's as if all the beauties of the world were put there like an ornament to make us forget death!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural. — Xunzi Copy Share Image
Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind. — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
“By no stretch of charity could he be called an ornament to the human species.” — Samuel Hopkins Adams Copy Share Image
The Cross isn't an ornament, mere symbol. It's the mystery of God's love, that He died for our sins. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
“Most times, the leader’s ornament isn’t the smiles you see on their faces during the time of victory. It is the sweats… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
A metaphor is not an ornament. It is an organ of perception. Through metaphors, we see the world as one thing or… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with… — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always loved about New York is there is so much precedent for ornament on industrial buildings. — Annabelle Selldorf Copy Share Image
“We are so made that we soon grow weary of ornament for sake of ornament, and even of beauty that makes no… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
In life the best ornament is Humility, the richest is Wisdom, the strongest weapon is Patience,the best security is Faith.the best tonic… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The biggest thing I have thrown at my ex during an argument was a kitchen spoon. I missed and broke an ornament.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The Christmas ornament you gave us was lovely! It has pride of place on our tree. Thank you so much for such… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tiger Woods was a month away from 34 years of age when his debutantes began turning up in the news. He was… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A good youth ought to have a fear of God, to be subject to his parents, to give honor to his elders,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I will not subscribe to the argument that ornament increases the pleasure of the life of a cultivated person, or the argument… — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
“Every period had its style: why was it that our period was the only one to be denied a style? By “style”… — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
“Look on beauty, And you shall see 'tis purchased by the weight; Which therein works a miracle in nature, Making them lightest… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I am not the sort of person to carry beautiful flowers and be an ornament to everyone. — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
I am a pretty, useless ornament who always believed she'd have a man to take care of her. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The modern architects are incorrect in their thinking. Ornament is not a crime. It is tactile, invigorating, life-sustaining, and human.” — Kristen Wagner Copy Share Image
In religion, What damned error but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I think art is not an ornament or refinement at the fringes of human intelligence, I think it's at the center. It's… — Robert Pinsky Copy Share Image
