Adorn Quotes

60 quotes by 55 authors

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. — Robert Burns
I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul,… — Jimmy Carter
No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and… — Saint John Chrysostom
It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others. — Leonardo da Vinci
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world. — Lord Chesterfield
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… — Lord Chesterfield
Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to… — Joseph de Maistre
I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous indignation that hides beneath those… — Corey Taylor
What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger. Start by satisfying his hunger… — Saint John Chrysostom
The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or destroy the apple,… — Abraham Lincoln
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
Twisting and wiring and stringing starching and curling, delicately painting spots and shadings on scraps of silk until what had been nothing more than a… — Melanie McGrath
If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair… — Dante Alighieri
I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the… — Socrates
In the name of what - except perhaps the coefficient of rarity - does man adorn himself with necklaces of shells and not spider's webs,… — Jean Dubuffet
The very sight of a teapot puts a smile on the face of most people. One cannot help but think of more serene and genteel… — Barbara Roberts
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being… — Eliza Farnham
Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there. — William Shirley
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. — Oliver Goldsmith
Most marvelous and enviable is that fecundity of fancy which can adorn whatever it touches, which can invest naked fact and dry reasoning with unlooked-for… — Margaret Fuller

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