"It is principally for the sake of the……" — Alice Meynell
"It is principally for the sake of the leg that a change in the dress of man is so much to be desired. The leg is the best part of the figure and the best leg is the man s. Man should no longer disguise the long lines, the strong forms, in those lengths of piping or tubing that are of all garments the most stupid."
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Alice Meynell
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16 Quotes by Alice Meynell
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Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and…
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The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.
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If there is a look of human eyes that tells of perpetual loneliness, so there is also the familiar look…
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The true colour of life is the colour of the body, the colour of the covered red, the implicit and…
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Our fathers valued change for the sake of its results; we value it in the act.
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We talk of sunshine and moonshine, but not of cloud-shine, which is yet one of the illuminations of our skies.…
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Let us turn to our own childhoods-no further-if we will renew our sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of…
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I come from nothing: but from where come the undying thoughts I bear?
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A child is beset with long traditions. And his infancy is so old, so old, that the mere adding of…
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It is easy to replace man, and it will take no great time, when Nature has lapsed, to replace Nature.
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She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep. Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white; She guards…
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Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.
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